Saturday 25th November 2006

Unfortuently time differences between the states of the US created havoc for us this morning as we were woken by our tour manager to tell us the bus was leaving. We had signed up for a Hot Air Ballon ride over the Arizona Desert with a 6.15am start. We franticly packed our bags (more like threw stuff into) and were able to make the bus in time. We arrived at the departure site and loaded ourselves into the basket for an absolutely breath taking trip across the desert. We safely landed and enjoyed a champagne and quiche breakfast before joining the rest of the tour group to start our trip to Sedona, Arizona. Upon arriving in Sedona we bundled ourselves into a Jeep for a cross country experience through the red rocks of Sedona. Arriving back (covered in dust) we had lunch and then progressed to Tucion to watch an IMAX movie of the Grand Canyon. We arrived at the Grand Canyon after dark (and severly lowered temperatures) where we settled in for the night.