There is no wind today and so it feels unbearably hot. We travelled along the north Shore Road by Lake Mead towards Las Vegas. You hardly see the water at all as there are steep hills either side of the road. The views continue to be breath taking. We saw across valleys towards mountains with no road access. America is so vast and not populated in huge expanses of land. This is desert and sandy/rocky mountainous environment.  

  9 Porsches came whizzing by in the opposite direction in different colours. Louis and Otis would have loved to see them.

Today we’ve seen jack rabbits, ground squirrels, road runners, quails and lizards. There were 2 springs along the road. They are surrounded by greenery and tall palm trees. Again we could hear the water absolutely gushing out of them.

We got as far as the outskirts of Vegas and had a coffee in a Starbucks , well I had a cold mocha frapachino Anona just like you love to have.

We slowly came back along the same beautiful road. There are small barriers all along either side of the roads in places about 8 inches high. We asked the park ranger about them. He asked us to guess what they were for and we couldn’t think. Well it’s to protect tortoises from getting squashed on the road. They are an endangered species now. He said we wouldn’t see any as they keep out of the way. Do you remember we saw one walking down a country lane near Houston when we were stuck in traffic and took a side road across farming land?

Lilyana I got a lovely superman and rainbow sherbet ice cream today. It was pastel colours on the top and bright colours underneath. Grandad took a photos of it to show you. His was lemon sorbet flavours and no I didn’t eat 2 ice creams!!! 

        Well we’re all packed up ready for the flight tomorrow. We’ve ditched some clothes and books we don’t need in order to reduce the weight in the suitcases, hope we don’t have to pay excess for the weight in them now.

Will put up my photos soon, as the laptop is packed away with all the connections etc….Canada here we come xxxxx