USA 2007 trip report

[UK]

Hi,

Been back for just over a week following a wonderful holiday in the USA. Some great tips from this site helped in the planning. Here goes with part 1 of many.

Big family group, 12 of us. 7 adults and 5 kids.

Day 1 1st August. Looong days travelling. Leeds - London - Chicago -
Las Vegas. Arrived close to midnight. Catastrophe ! my Mums case did
not appear. In all our years of travel to the states this is the
first time we have ever lost a case. The case was tracked back to
Chicago and we were told it would be on the first plane into Vegas
from chicago in the morning. We overnighted in a Best Western close
to the airport.

Day 2 Early next morning back to the airport and picked up the
missing case. A fleet of Taxis then took us to Moturis RV hire on the
Boulder Highway to pick up two Class C 31 foot RV's
See bottom of page linked here

Having been trained in the dark art of RV husbandry we set off north
east towards Bryce Canyon around lunchtime stopping off at a
supermarket for provisions. We took the I 15 all the way up to Cedar
City stopping off at Leeds for some photographs along the way. On
this route the I 15 goes through the Virgin River Gorge which is a
spectacular section of road.
Video clip of Virgin River Gorge
I-15 route notes

From Cedar City we took highway 14 east and I realised I had badly
underestimated to time it would take to drive this mountainous road
in a pair of huge RVs.

We arrive later than planned at Bryce and checked into Ruby's Inn
campground. After some fun and games getting the RVs into place and
hooked up we walked to the main building and had our evening meal.
Walking back to the RVs in the woods in the dark, the sky was
impossibly bright and ablaze with more stars than I believe I have
ever seen.

UK