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Monthly Archives: October 2007
To another canyon!
We drove to Bryce Canyon from Page first we stopped off at Lake Powell. Glen Canyon Dam forms Lake Powell by damming the Colorado River. When we there I saw real dinosaur tracks fossilised into stone. We made a couple more stops on the way, then we headed to Bryce Canyon; our main stop. Bryce [...]
On the way to Page
We travelled from the Grand Canyon to Page. Page was only built 50 years ago and was used by the people that built the Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River. On the way to Page we stopped and visited Navajo Nation. This is a reservation for the Navajo people; who are Native Americans. Back [...]
The Grand Canyon
Today we headed for the Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon was created by the Colorado River over 6 million years ago and is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. On our way there we visited the Red Rock Canyon, just outside of Sedona. It is a popular tourist area because of its [...]
Being a Cowgirl, Yeehah!
Today we visited Bisbee and Tombstone. Bisbee is an old fashioned town where the buildings are over one hundred years old. Bisbee was a copper, gold and silver mining town. When we were there we saw an old copper mine which was called the Lavender Pitt – the hole was very deep. Now Bisbee is [...]
We are in the Desert Land!
Today we mostley sat on the bus because we had to Tucson; which is in Arizona in the desert. On the way we stopped at petrol stations and a village where we ate lunch. We saw large sand dunes, 8 desert twisters, 4 military bases, big long trains and cacti. When we got to the [...]
San Diego
We had to get up really early to get a taxi to go catch our coach tour bus. We went from Los Angeles to San Diego, it took three to four hours to get there. I slept most of the way, we have met a couple of Aussies on the tour bus. I am collecting [...]
Hollywood here I come!
We arrived in Hollywood at about 9PM Wednesday night at the Renaissance Hotel; which is just up from the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The porter gave me a handful of red, white and grey M&Ms; he was a really nice porter. On Thursday morning after breakfast we we decided to go and look at the [...]
California Adventure Day
On Wednesday we visited Disney’s California Adventure Park. It was a sunny day Dad took Mum and I on the Twilight Zone Hollywood Hotel Tower of Terror. This ride was a falling elevator ride; it was freaky. You should have seen my Mum’s face, she nearly broke my hand. Dad laughed at us. The elevator [...]
The last couple of days
I have been in Los Angeles for two and a half days already! We arrived on Sunday at 12:30PM; we went backwards one day! The plane trip was long and I did not sleep very much but I fell asleep on the shuttle bus to our hotel. To stretch our legs, and to keep us [...]