Beach, towns, gambling, hiking... what more can you ask for. The last two weeks have been ultra busy driving miles and miles to see some pretty cool sites! I arrived in Los Angeles on the 3rd of March and took a few days to chill and visit the place: Venice Beach, Hollywood, Santa Monica, Beverlyhills, Sunset Blvd etc... It was fun but I have to say, there also quite a seedy vibe about this city. WELCOME TO HOLLYWOOD VENICE BEACH MEETING SPONGE BOB SHOPPING FOR TACK I also made a quick stop at the famous Viper Rooms of course! Well... 'it ain't all that' as they say round here. Some heavy metal band with a crap singer were supposedly performing on stage and in the 'lounge' a couple was to be found, well lounging a little too comfortably! Euh! Call me old fashioned but that's just nasty and wrong!!!!! San Diego is known pretty much only for its Zoo and Sea World. They like they're animals there I guess. With only one day here I had to pick one of them and decided on Sea World for Shamu. To my very joy they had penguins (much more my cup of tea than whales, although the shows, I have to admit, were 'awwwwesooooomme'). BEST ANIMAL EVER WHITE BELUGA WHALE WELL HELLO MR. BEAR AND OF COURSE, SHAMU! Next up was a night next to the Colorado River joined by an extremely, extremely cold swim. Here's a view from my tent.... pretty cool ey! TENT VIEW On our forth day we headed for Arizona ready to horseride at Betty and Rusty's cowboy camp. Why I do this to myself I am not sure but I am actually slowly getting used to the horseriding thing and think I may be slowly, slowly losing my fear. IN THE WAGON RIDING WITH CACTI RUSTY AND BETTY After one day in the middle of literally nowhere it was time to continue through towns to the next middle of nowhere to Monument Valley, Utah. Although we were going to try and sleep in a Hogan, the plan failed, thankfully cause it was freezing here at night. FAMOUS ROCK GROUP PIC IN DA VALLEY STRUGGLING WITH TREE Grand Canyon here I come!!!! I took a ridiculous amount of photos of the canyon. Its amazing. Way bigger than it appears in films. Way, way bigger. As I have decided that a picture will not do the canyon justice, check these photos out instead. HELI RIDE MY FIRST STRIKE EVER I still lost the bowling match pretty badly but was most satisfied with my 2 strikes. You have got to start somewhere! Tacky Vegas comes next. I love this place. Las Vegas Boulevard is basically one long 24hr party avenue. And to add to the fun there is a high level of tackiness. Perfect! Loads of gambling, pimping it up in the world's biggest limo and a great party. wicked! VEGAS BABY! BIG LIMO PUSHING EMMA AROUND We arrived in San Francisco on St Patrick's day but failed to celebrate it in any special way apart from wearing some silly head gear. ST PAT'S CROWN PLAYING PYRAMID AT THE MARINA ALCATRAZ FISH & CHIPS ON FISHERMAN'S WHARF Well, I am here for a few more days and then off to Canada for some boarding... woohoo!!!