San Diego

Next on our agenda was San Diego. We went through for the day and to the Haunted Hotel at night. They redo this warehouse into a haunted building. Unfortunately we have no photos from that evening, since you're not allowed cameras, but it was freaky.
Scenes from movies were redone, like Saw, the Chainsaw massacre, freddy, etc. That bathroom from the first Saw movie was done really really well. Half the time it's not just dolls as props, but these people that look like props and just when you think they're not real they MOVE.




Here we are at the Coronado Hotel. Our favourite spot in San Diego. The hotel is one of the biggest wooden structures in the Northern Hemisphere.



One of San Diego's beaches.

This is the Midway aircraft carrier. We couldn't help ourselves and went for a tour of it again. This time a lot more levels were open.

I think the funniest was the guys. What man will not jump at the oppertunity to sit in a fighter plane cockpit...
















Stretched out Jacques is maybe just a tad to tall for this one....

Patiently compact Jacques await his turn....

And here they both are, pressing all the buttons they can, pulling on all the levers they can, as long as they don't activate that ejection seat!

This is where I am meant to be. I am staying!!! Who da man!






We're on our way to yet another chamber in the ship

This is how tiny their beds were! Imagine that shiner on your head if an alarm goes off in the middle of the night and you sit up straight!

Ontop of the aircraft carrier were all kinds of Helicopters and fighter planes...

Halloween 2006

So - after we got back from the Grand Canyon we had to prepare for the Halloween party.

There were some scary people.

Thanks to Luan and Jacques we had some freaky decorations spring up....

Needless to say the cats spend the evening under our bed.

Now for some close-ups of our stars.....

Our main aim: To make our guest scream with fear.

With THAT face, you bet I got it right!

Supai - Waterfalls

At Havasupai Falls - Kodak moment - sorry I mean "Canon" moment...

This is the view from the top of Havasupai falls.

This was obviously the closest waterfall to our campsite.

A little bit further on was Mooney falls. But boy oh boy - it involved climbing down some chains, ladders, caves, etc...

The ladders..

The caves and the chains

Only to be rewarded by Mooney falls....

We had to do some serious river crossing to try and get to the other waterfalls.

And YES that water was freezing!

But all we were worried about was the cameras and the thousands of photos.

No - I didn't say swing on that - did I?

Too late.... Geronimoooooooooo

And where "stretched-out-Jacques" goes, "compact-Jacques" follows.

Oh - let me explain: it was getting confusing between the two Jacques, so we decided to hyphenate their names...

It all came to an end way to soon. It was really sad to go back. Never mind the 10 mile uphill hike. Those donkeys suddenly didn't look like such a bad idea anymore...

Grand Canyon: Supai and Havasupai

And the next day we started what Luan has been waiting for! Our hike down to Supai heading for Havasupai waterfall.

It was a 10 mile hike down to the camping grounds. We were starting to worry when it started raining and took shelter underneath the rocks, but luckily it stopped and turned out to be the most amazing 3 days we all ever had.

Here we are. And we thought we were really close to the village which is 2 miles from the campground. Surprise....not quite there yet...

The photos don't do justice. It was amazing down here. This is the village where you get your pass to stay at the campgrounds. People actually live here and fiercly protect their privacy. You can't even take photos of them.

On our way down we were passed by donkeys several times. They bring in food and luggage. Some lazy people hike up and down without their backpacks. We felt very sorry for them, but at least they looked well looked after.

So here we are at the campsite, which was right nexto Havasupai (or else know as Luan's) waterfall.

And here it is. The famous waterfall. We heard it roar all night! Look at the colour of that water!

I can't get over the colour of the water. It's the definition of turqouise.

Grand Canyon Day 1 - River Adventure

Now we headed off to the River Rafting part of our day. No heavy rapids, just rustig through the bottom of the canyon. Cool hats hej!













It's hard to explain how peacfull and stunning it was. The colours were incredible. No photo can bring out the Red and Black (iron oxide) that the rocks had in them.


























We were heading towards our lunch appointment on a sand bank where we also got to view some old paintings carved into the mountain.












Here we are docking for food.

















It's amazing how hungry one gets when you're having fun.


















After lunch we went for a little walk to check out the Big Horn Sheep paintings on the canyon walls.















When our river adventure came to an end we were driven back in buses to the airport we started off with.
It was sad to see our day end, but at least it ended with a FANTASTIC rainbow. We saw all 180degr of it, but couldn't get it into a photo. It was spectacular.













We even got to see some Wildlife!















Just spectacular....

Grand Canyon day 1 - Antelope Canyon

At the airport after our tasty breakfast, we were picked up by Jeeps disguised as Ford's and driven to Antelope canyon by our very talented driver Barry. I'm not sure if the drive or the guide was more entertaining!

And here is the crack in the wall behind which antelope canyon hides.
























It was very hard to take photos in there, but it's truly unbelievable how flash floods caused this canyon to erode into what it is today. And it still keeps changing. The floor rises and falls with each flash flood that comes through.