A Nice Day

Here is the Video Diary of the trip to Grand Canyon. Emotions run high as the fog draws in....

And the Oscar for Best Editing goes to....

I am sure no-one wants to see the whole video of a rather grey and dull trip around Hoover Dam. What they DO wnat to see though, is the masterful editing as we cut from the Dam's Overflow Pipe (THE Technical Term) to the next scene involving our hire car.

Watch and learn, Spielberg!

Alex Meets Tigger

Now that I have "mastered" this Youtube.Blogger Uploadery nonsense, here we go with the footage of Tigger finally meeting his Number one fan!



Akex has moved on since then. I don;t know if Tigger has too..... :(

Grand Canyon - West and Skywalk

A quick word of advice - never bother with The Grand Canyon - West. It's Rubbish.

You drive out of Vegas and get a little disheartened when you see the 220 Miles to Grand Canyon sign, but that is Grand Canyon East (Latterly known as "the good bit") so when you see a sneaky sign that the Red Indians, sorry, Native Americans, have put up posting the way tyo Grand Canyon West and Skywalk 40 miles you think "BONUS!!!"




It goes badly from there, however, and soon you are driving through the middle of the Majave desert in conditions not too unlike a level from Sega Rally - the only different being that any damage to the car means that the Hire Company is gonna start referring to their "don't ruin the car" smallprint.


Anyway, Hours and Miles and Muddy-Grimness later, you reach the Westrim - and it is closed and expensive. Foggy and overpriced. Misty and Extortionate.

Only on later inspection, back in the UK, do you realise this is common knowledge.

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g31306-d602012-Reviews
-Skywalk_Grand_Canyon-Peach_Springs_Arizona.html

Never saw the Grand Canyon in the end. And we SHOULD have bought a Squirrel.

Vegas - Ping Pong

He unfortunately put Mouth Badminton into perspective as well.

This guy was the highlight of Vegas!

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN' ABOUT!

Back from Vegas

Right, back from Vegas and ready to try writing something again.

Obviously, the first thing to do in Vegas, when there is a little boy back home with a Pirate Obsession, is to track down a pirate, preferably with a hook, and pose with it.

This guy actually felt better than I did, even with all the skin-melted-off-thing, as he was probably less jetlagged than me - Vegas for 4 days is just silly.