A very grand canyon

We spent an amazing day at the Grand Canyon today. The views were spectacular - we had to stop every few minutes to take a new photo. We managed a three mile "hike" around the south trail before giving up and hopping on the free shuttle bus. We have taken more than 400 pics, who's up for coming round to see the slideshow?! We're doing a helicopter tour tomorrow, courtesy of Barry's lovely colleagues and can't wait. Ella x

Lake Mead

On the other side of the dam is Lake Mead. Apparently it is around 400-600 feet deep and has over 500km of coastline. The White rock line show where the high tide is.

Arid Arizona

Edam?

No, Hoover Dam.

After leaving Vegas, we decided to stop at the Hoover Dam for a bit. It was so hot (109 degrees), that my feet were starting to heat up through my trainers! Here's a nice pic of the dam:

Road to nowhere...

We have jumped a time zone and a state today. We left fabulous Las Vegas this morning and made the long journey to the Grand Canyon in Arizona with a stop off at the famous Hoover Dam. The views on the way were breathtaking, it was the best drive we've ever been on. Ella x

Viva Las Vegas!

A dam with a view

Here's a view from the dam looking down to what's left of the Colorado river after going through the power station. Above is the new bridge.

Strip shows...

Or shows on the strip I should say! The Mirage has a big exploding volcano outside and the Bellagio has its famous fountains. The Sirens show outside our hotel was pretty awful but we both had a pint of margarita each in a skull mug so that compensated some what. Here is a picture of The Mirage at night.

The view from our hotel room at Treasure Island

Mojave Desert on the way to Vegas

Mojave Desert on the way to Vegas

How do you like your eggs?

I like mine on the way to Vegas!

Breakfast at Denny's again (I love the has browns here) and then we'll be stocking up on a few supplies before taking the I-15.

Bye bye LA...Viva Las Vegas!

Santa Monica at night

Here's a picture of the Santa Monica pier from last night at sunset. We took a lovely, long stroll from our hotel all the way to Venice Beach to look for muscle beach. We found it eventually but there were no beefcakes available to watch. After watching the sun go down and making a quick retreat back to Santa Monica, we made it back to our hotel for our last night in LA.

War of the Worlds

They bought a real 747 and destroyed it just for this scene. The set cost $750,000 to make and was only used for four minutes of film time. It looked awesome though.

Psycho

We got chased by Norman Bates. He's real quick.

Desperate Housewives

We managed to get to Wisteria Lane an hour before filming so Ella was well chuffed!

1.21 Gigawatts!

The actual Delorean from Back To The Future.

Parenthood

We've never seen the series Parenthood but I think we will after looking around their set

Universal Studios

I love Universal! We went on a VIP tour of their studios yesterday and got to see loads of behind the scenes stuff. I'll put on more posts for each thing we did

Taco salad

I love tacos.

Hollywood

Spent the day in Hollywood today. It was hot. Very hot. We saw some stars on the sidewalk, drove around Beverly Hills and Bel Air, saw the Playboy mansion an Tom Cruise's huge mansion. And we also met this guy. Good day.

Breakfast!

The picture says it all!

Santa Monica here we are!

Got to LA, collected our car (pic to follow) and just checked into our hotel for the next few days - Santa Monica Hilton. Already experienced a lovely bit of LA traffic but at least we're here in our air conditioned room!

Waiting for take off

Here we go then. Nice screens, hopefully there will be some good films so we can use them properly. Flight mode on!

Nice start to the holiday...

Here we are starting our honeymoon in style! Our thanks go to United Airlines for the lounge pass!