Category: Travel

Day 12: Monument Valley to Mesa Verde

Miles travelled: 5645 to 5860 (total of 215 miles) Weather: clear & sunny Highlight of the day: Monument Valley & Mesa Verde            Â

Day 11: Grand Canyon to Monument Valley

Miles travelled: 5458 to 5645 (total of 187 miles) Weather: clear and sunny Highlight of the day: Grand Canyon, Watch Tower, and arriving at Monument Valley for sunset    Â

Day 10: Our Wedding Day

Miles travelled: 5353 to 5458 (total of 5 miles) Weather: slightly overcast in the morning, then clear, sunny, with dark rain clouds in the afternoon to keep Disa stressed Highlight of the day: Hmmmmm. . .

Day 9: Williams and Grand Canyon

Miles travelled: 5361 to 5453 (total of 92 miles) Weather: clear, sunny, with clouds – one which sprinkled rain on us on the road to the Grand Canyon – then it poured exactly 24 hours before our wedding! Highlight of…

Day 8???: The Teaser

Here we are at the Grand Canyon, having had a lovely beautiful meal.  We have loads of information and photos on both a CD and a laptop all ready to share with you – and yet our internet access leaves…

Day 8: Welcome to Arizona!

Miles travelled: 5048 – 5361 (day total of 313 miles) Weather: clear, sunny, and hot, but we spent much of the day in an air conditioned cacheMobile! Highlight of the day: Lunch at Big Momma’s Country Kitchen (motto: ‘Git in…

Day 7: Pushawalla and Joshua Tree

Miles travelled: 4893 – 5048 (day total of 406 miles) Weather: clear, sunny, and hot. At 5.50 am it was 77; top temperature 104 at noon in Palm Springs Highlight of the day: Scott’s was the Hidden Valley; Disa’s were…

Day 6: Into the Desert

Miles travelled: 4487 – 4893 (day total of 406 miles) Weather: clear, sunny, and hot. Top temperature 102 Fahrenheit Highlight of the day: McCallum Trail

Day 5: On the Road

Miles travelled: 4224 to 4487 (total of 263 miles) Weather: clear, except for fog near the coast around sunset. Highlight of the day: getting on the road

Day 4: San Francisco

Just a quick post about the day to fill you in until we can write with more detail!  Today David and Maria took us to San Francisco, where we first went to have Yum Cha in China Town.  Then we…