PHOTOS: America --> 1997 Approximate route taken.  Took 3 weeks driving near on 250 miles a day. Phil and Marie in the Rocky Mountains. Phil, Nicky and Marie Strutting their stuff for the Camera in the Rockies. Phil and Marie in Evergreen Colorado. Middle America.  The white line in the middle is the one! Admiring the view in the Rockies. An excited lass!! (in the rockies!) Marie in a place called Castle Vale - Typical American Scenery - Nice!! Marie in Monument Valley. If there is only one place you ever visit in the USA - make it Arches National Park - Unreal place!!  Take lots of water though as it is really, really hot (most of the time). Note: The arch isn't just above my head - it is way in the distance and those are trees under it Hence - it is a rather large arch (largest in the world in fact). Monument Valley - Sometimes the roads ARE as long and straight as they look in the movies! Nice! Vermillion Cliffs / Marble Canyon August 1997 - That's Marie under the precariously balanced rocks.  Really Odd Place - Eerie!. There were huts built into the side of some of the rocks with carvings inside like "XXX was here 1880" - Most eerie. Lake Powell - One of the most amazing, scenic places I have ever been to.  Basically it is part of the Grand Canyon filled with water (It was created by the Glen Canyon Dam).  Fantastic place, if you ever get a chance - go there. Aug 1997 Lake Powell - Aug 1997 Grand Canyon looks pretty cool from the air (not sure what the light is in the distance though!!).  I actually hadn't realised that it was so green - always thought it would be really red !?!?!?!?  Live and learn! Zion National Park - Extremely underrated place!. Zion National Park - A place of extraordinary beauty. Contrasting with..................... Hmmmmmmmmmmm. Las Vegas - One of the most odd places I have ever come across! I was sooooo annoyed that we didn't have time to go up the stratosphere though!!!! Next Time! Las Vegas - I must admit though - the luxor was a pretty cool building!! Death Valley!!!!!  We almost ran out of Petrol as the valley had a power cut at the time - not a good idea in a place that feels as though someone is holding a giant hair dryer pointed at you. Death Valley Moonscape. At the border!! A Waterfall in Yosemite National Park - Who said I couldn't walk on water.  This pool was actually at the top of the main waterfall. A Waterfall in Yosemite National Park - There were nudists swimming here just before I decided to take a dip. It was freezing. Yosemite National Park - Ellery Lake Lombard Street San Francisco Marie posing on Santa Monica Boulevard.