The Rhyme of Sim'

Grand Canyon Today was supposed to be our big day for exploring the Grand Canyon. Things started well, we put on extra layers of clothes since we knew it would be cold, and we headed out to the canyon rim to see the sights – and what sights they were. Very spectacular, and with snow … [Read More »]

Phoenix to Grand Canyon Started off a little later this morning – we were exhausted after yesterday’s ordeal, so didn’t rush. I think we were on the road by 10:30am, heading north from Phoenix up the I-17 interstate. It wasn’t long before we started climbing up into the hills quite quickly, and some of the … [Read More »]

San Diego to Phoenix mmm… we had an “interesting” day today. Not exactly a “near death” experience, more of a “could have died” experience. Has left us a bit shaken up, but we’re completely okay now. We headed out of San Diego this morning, bound for Phoenix. Driving through the mountains just out of San … [Read More »]

San Diego Wild Animal Park We hoped today would be a bit less wet than yesterday at SeaWorld was, but alas, it was raining quite steadily when we got up, and still when we hit the road. We had debated as to whether we would go to the Wild Animal Park or not – since … [Read More »]

SeaWorld San Diego Day 5 started off rather wet – the forecast “storms” overnight dumped large amounts of rain on San Diego, it was still raining heavily when we departed. The two dozen cars in the SeaWorld carpark (which looked like it could hold several thousand cars !!!) indicated to us that at least we … [Read More »]