Back to Arizona, and onto Page. Camped at Walmart, thanks Kay and Rob for the tip. We were not the only ones there, but this is the first Walmart that we have seen that still allows overnight stays. The bend around the bend from Horse Shoe Bend We went to have a look at …
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Navajo Monument Valley
A quick detour into Monument Valley, made a Navajo tribal park in 1959. Interesting landscape, makes me want to watch some of those old cowboy movies again. Fun facts – Utah is named for the ute indian indigenous to the north central portion of the state.
Grand Canyon, Arizona
Our first visit to the Canyon was on the old Williams rail line, which included a cowboy show before we left and an armed robbery by the same cowboys on the way back. Very touristy but something different. The Canyon is one of the seven natural wonders of the world. Others are Mt Everest, Victoria …
Flagstaff, Williams and Route 66, Arizona, USA
Flagstaff Back to cold weather and expensive fruit. The night we got here it snowed, Laura was delighted. Meteor Crater We followed the old route 66 out of Flagstaff to see the Crater. Supposedly the world’s best preserved meteorite impact site on Earth. This meteor crater is the result of a …
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Frei Agua and Sedona
On the way to Flagstaff we free camped at a lovely spot called Frei Agua. Sedona Stunning landscape. There was no room at the inn so we kept going to Flagstaff.
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona USA
Back in the USA and Derek back to pumping his own gas. This place could not get anymore beautiful.
Laredo Texas
We stopped at Laredo to organise ourselves for the Mexico trip. A lovely Texan state park. Lake Casa Blanca International state park.
San Antonio, Texas
Riverwalk RV park, with some very big RVs, they dwarf our setup. We caught the public bus into town to see the sights. San Antonio River walk so beautifully done, a great place to eat or just walk. A night at a very polished stock show and rodeo. It ended with …
Texas League City near Houston
League City Driving into League City Texas, the highways are insane, their speed limit is faster, the amount of vehicles including big trucks on the road and the proximity they drive to one another is something I found very uncomfortable. They don’t even slow down for road works, so bollards on either side of …
Lafayette
A lovely little town in Cajun country. A great RV spot with lovely walks, When the French speaking Acadians came to Lafayette they were not allowed to speak French in schools, and slowly the language was lost, but not their culture. If you are wondering who Cajuns are……… from the net….. …