..entries from our travels
July 19, 2018
So this is it the last day. its currently 07:54 am and the flight home isn’t until 9:45 pm. so we basically have most of the day at the airport that’ll be fun. Mandy has a flight to the UK at 7:35 pm so we need to be there reasonably early 4:00 pm or so which means of course a late checkout from the hotel they’ve let us stay here Read more…
So yesterday we drove from Sedona to Phoenix briefly stopping by Bell Rock for a photo. The drive itself was pretty uneventful its about an hour and 50 minutes to Phoenix I was worried about dropping the car off because on google maps it looked complex, but it really wasn’t as it was well signposted and very easy! We dropped the car off with no hassle and got a shuttle Read more…
July 17, 2018
Today we booked a ‘Pink Jeep’ Tour called “Broken Arrow”, an off road trip through some of the surrounding countryside. The tour itself was fantastic and I would highly recommend anyone coming to this area do this!, its a bit pricey but so good! the off-roading bit is fun and the views are stunning.
The drive down to Sedona from Flagstaff is stunning , Flagstaff sits at 2100 meters above sea level and Sedona sits at 1300 so you’re dropping almost a kilometre in height over the distance of 50 kms. dropping down alongside Oak Creek We managed to check into motel early and its a bit of a come down from the last two places we’ve stayed in.. but its only for 2 Read more…
July 16, 2018
Today was all about the Grand Canyon. Its an hour and a half north of Flagstaff and quite a pleasant drive. The Grand Canyon itself is just spectacular, you need to have it on your bucket list. Photographs don’t do it justice, the feeling that you’re seeing something so immense has to be experienced. Tonight is the last night in Flagstaff its been great here. The weather is a bit Read more…
July 14, 2018
Today was another relaxing day with not too much on the menu. we took a trip out to Bearizona a wildlife park just outside Williams AZ. The Otters and the Bear Cubs were the favourites One of the best things there is the Raptor Show where they show a few Bird Of Prey. One of them, Lucy i think she was called, is a Eagle Owl and flies silently, Read more…
So.. Not much to write about today as it was a travel day. A drive from Santa Fe New Mexico to Flagstaff Arizona a trip of 382 miles (614kms) with a stop off in Gallup NM for lunch, we also took Samantha to the meteor crater just outside Flagstaff. Made good time and rolled into Flagstaff around 4:30pm. The hotel were staying in is another nice place, apart from the Read more…
July 13, 2018
Today we went up to Bandolier National Monument, this is another park run by the U.S. National Park service. This park has many walks and is centered around the pueblo peoples ancestors with more cave dwellings. It is well worth a visit. Tomorrow we leave Santa Fe for Flagstaff its about a 6 hour drive so will leave early and have a stop off for lunch somewhere. The 3 nights Read more…
July 12, 2018
This day was practically a rest day with just a wander around the town. I had to make sure I watched the England Croatia semi final just in case we made the final, alas it was not to be. The game was on TV here at 12:00 pm local time so a wander around the plaza here until that time. While i watched the football Mandy and Samantha went into Read more…
July 11, 2018
The last night in Durango was tough, not a lot of sleep due to a pair of harpies yelling and screaming until 2350 then kicking off again at 0600. So not a lot of sleep was had. The stay in Durango has been bipolar, the place is fantastic the scenery has been awesome and Mesa Verde was brilliant. But if I’m honest the accommodation was sub-par. We were lucky that Read more…
July 9, 2018
Today was Independence day! we picked up our car in other words. I’m not sure we’d do this again waiting so long to pick up a vehicle, but hey we got one now and we can be on our travels. we went back to the airport and picked up the car, a huge Chevy Tahoe. After a brief acclimatisation most importantly how to connect my phone and therefore spotify to Read more…
July 8, 2018
today was meant to be the reason we came to Durango in the first place and that was ride on the Durango – Silverton steam train. Due to Fire 416 the steam train rides were cancelled but the railroad company put on a smaller ride to cascades creek with a diesel locomotive instead. So today we took a ‘trolley’ into town to go on this ride. Durango itself was very Read more…
Not a lot to post about today, the entire day was spent travelling. Checked out of hotel at 9:00 Went to the airport Flight to Phoenix 11:55 Arrived in Phoenix 14:00 Flight to Durango delayed until 16:30 Arrived in Durango 18:30 Now heres a thing, there are no taxis at the airport, you have to ring up for them it take about 20 minutes for them to come out to Read more…
July 6, 2018
So we organised a trip over the Golden Gate bridge on an old fire truck, it was a unique experience and very cool, it was also very bumpy! apparently there were no shocks on this thing! the trip took us over the bridge and down to Fort Baker, for a better view of the bridge. After this we took ourselves to Ghirardelli Square to have a sundae. Well worth it.. Read more…
July 5, 2018
Day two in San Francisco doing some of the stuff we’ve done before but with Samantha who’s seeing it all for the first time. A bus tour of the city was pretty cool it was a hop on – hop off but we learned our lesson from the last time and stayed on it this time around. Was a warm day around 23C and sunny as you can see from Read more…
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