Las Vegas, Nevada

OK.  Firstly, if you're expecting our antics in Sin City to read like the screenplay for a sequel to "Fear And Loathing In Last Vegas", you've probably come to the wrong place.  We weren't in Vegas very long and the main reason we went was to meet up with my Mum and Dad, who flew over and joined us for a while on our epic roadtrip.  It was the best place to start a busy ten days in which we would cover four different states...

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Bryce Canyon, Utah

Bryce Canyon is only about 75 miles north east of Zion, but it's at a much higher elevation, so the relatively short trip between the two offers a world of difference in terms of landscape, colour and weather. As soon as we got out of Zion we had a long, steep climb to contend with.  Fortunately some time ago, someone had had the bright idea of digging a tunnel to mitigate what would otherwise have been an impossible journey over...

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Zion National Park, Utah

After we left Death Valley, we ended up stranded in the desert for a while when gale force winds suddenly materialised from nowhere and sand-blasted us continually for about two whole days.  Fortunately this was Nevada so even in the middle of the desert, with about 200 miles in every direction to the nearest town, there was a casino.  Even more fortunately, it had an RV park. So for a couple of days, we rode out the storm...

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