After leaving Page and Antelope Canyon, I had only left myself two days to visit the Grand Canyon, and both were working days, so I'd need to be online for a large proportion of the time. After driving around so many National Parks of the South West though, I didn't think that the Grand Canyon would be any better than the others.
Turns out I was wrong.
Read MoreI was told no information other than to meet my guide out the front of my Airbnb at 4.30am. I set my alarm for only moments before, which saw me rushing down the stairs still pulling my tshirt over my head at 4.30m exactly. The door was locked from the inside with a key I didn't have, and I heard nothing but the whizzing and chirping of tropical, nocturnal insects and the loud snores of my host's father, drowning out soccer still blaring on the antennaed television.
Read MoreAfter leaving Zion National Park (see Southwest USA - Part One) in the morning, I drove for only a couple of hours before reaching Bryce Canyon in time to find a commercial campground, fitted out with shower - necessary after my two days of hiking. Unbeknownst to me, Bryce was actually higher in elevation than Zion, and as I was checking in a woman saw my glee at the (very few) snowflakes dropping and asked whether I was from California, on account of having never seen snow.
Read MoreIn April of 2017 I spent two weeks in a campervan working and travelling across the deserts of Utah and Arizona in the USA. I was inspired by my mum's memories of her roadtrip around the area in the late 1970s, and wanted to see - and explore - the landscape for myself. My first stop was Zion National Park, Utah, and it was beautiful and humbling and vast beyond expectation.
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