Upcoming holidays:

Upcoming Holidays:
25 January 2025 - Sandy is taking a four day cruise - Sydney to Hobart and return.
April 2025 - Not a cruise! - instead a trip to Brisbane to watch the Panthers vs Dolphins game, and of course to see the family.
August 2025 - And again, not a cruise! - a weekend in Sydney to see Star Wars: A New Hope, with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra performing the music live.
27 September 2025 - Slightly early celebration for Paul's 70th birthday - 7 day Barrier Reef cruise on the Carnival (ex-P&O) Encounter.
August - September 2026 - 12 day "British Isles with France and Belfast" cruise on the Majestic Princess then a stay in the UK afterwards.


Tuesday, 3 August 2010

2 August 2010 - Sedona, Grand Canyon, Flagstaff



Got up early early this morning to be in the restaurant for breakfast by about 6:15am. I got a bit worried during breakfast that maybe the time-zones had changed and we were running late, but of course we weren't. Linda our Tour Director explained that Arizona doesn't do daylight saving, so in winter time there's an hour difference between Los Angeles and Phoenix, but in summertime they're on the same time.
We were all on the bus on time - first place we went was Sedona. It's a beautiful, charming place (although I spent too much money there, of course). The second picture above is Sedona.
Then, on to the Grand Canyon. Paul and I did a helicopter ride over the canyon. It's an astounding and beautiful view - although unfortunately with the glare of the sun, most of the photos I took are full of reflections of my clothes. Afterwards we all met back at the South Rim of the canyon for more sightseeing - and money-spending.
I bought two pieces of jewellery today - both contemporary Hopi Indian designs. I got a bracelet and a ring, both very nice (well, I think they are anyway).
Tonight we're spending the night in Flagstaff before moving on to Las Vegas tomorrow!

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