<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241348017888227249</id><updated>2012-02-16T00:49:13.318-08:00</updated><category term='adieu'/><category term='scenery'/><category term='colorado river'/><category term='south rim'/><category term='BRYCE'/><category term='vegas'/><category term='raft trip'/><category term='MILK'/><category term='adweidersen'/><category term='goodbye'/><category term='farewell'/><category term='canyon'/><category term='flagstaff'/><category term='chat'/><category term='geography'/><category term='nature'/><category term='zion team'/><category term='zion'/><category term='imax'/><category term='grand canyon'/><category term='page'/><category term='trip'/><category term='whitchurch'/><title type='text'>Whitchurch High Geog Dept in the USA 2009</title><subtitle type='html'>a blog page of the adventures of the Whitchurch High Geography Department, as they travel to foreign fields.

The trip from Cardiff to Las Vegas with a sojourn around the Canyon lands, before we head home, inspired, tired and broke!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7241348017888227249/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>ConfusedCelt</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/ScAEGCcmcrI/AAAAAAAAAAU/2t6LuQHuG00/S220/n515428105_53028_474.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>14</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241348017888227249.post-2892727314690935842</id><published>2009-04-14T10:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-14T10:38:33.291-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;Zion - S.T.E.V.E. Chant&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SeTKGA69kcI/AAAAAAAAASY/3nqhEdZxdRw/s1600-h/DSCF0089.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SeTKGA69kcI/AAAAAAAAASY/3nqhEdZxdRw/s400/DSCF0089.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'&gt;&lt;a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'&gt;&lt;img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7241348017888227249-2892727314690935842?l=whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' 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url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SeTKGA69kcI/AAAAAAAAASY/3nqhEdZxdRw/s72-c/DSCF0089.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241348017888227249.post-5514822856711604684</id><published>2009-04-14T10:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-14T10:47:17.977-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BRYCE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MILK'/><title type='text'>M.I.L.K.  !!!!!!!!!!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;Bryce - MILK!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SeTJ38iTMXI/AAAAAAAAASQ/BTnXXlHSN5M/s1600-h/DSCF0090.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SeTJ38iTMXI/AAAAAAAAASQ/BTnXXlHSN5M/s400/DSCF0090.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a 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width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241348017888227249.post-1925931003562024424</id><published>2009-04-14T10:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-15T05:15:18.801-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flagstaff'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='zion team'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chat'/><title type='text'>A wee chat with Zion</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;A wee video captured of the Zion Team - on their way down to Flagstaff!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a 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href='http://whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com/feeds/1925931003562024424/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com/2009/04/blog-post.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7241348017888227249/posts/default/1925931003562024424'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7241348017888227249/posts/default/1925931003562024424'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com/2009/04/blog-post.html' title='A wee chat with Zion'/><author><name>ConfusedCelt</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/ScAEGCcmcrI/AAAAAAAAAAU/2t6LuQHuG00/S220/n515428105_53028_474.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241348017888227249.post-6367817454476223705</id><published>2009-04-12T14:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-14T10:51:37.733-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='scenery'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grand canyon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='trip'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raft trip'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='geography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='whitchurch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='colorado river'/><title type='text'>just some wee videos of the trip more will added as and when I make them.....</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-786cd0e6aa4f9715" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v3.nonxt3.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D786cd0e6aa4f9715%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331616843%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D48104DF9A454A51C3F61E372AAE42730267AE3FC.15DB498F90FFFFD8FC28525F11873C60C09C853F%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D786cd0e6aa4f9715%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DwsNvA1MWbSjFNk_VyxLR6ypN-Jk&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v3.nonxt3.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D786cd0e6aa4f9715%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331616843%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D48104DF9A454A51C3F61E372AAE42730267AE3FC.15DB498F90FFFFD8FC28525F11873C60C09C853F%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D786cd0e6aa4f9715%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DwsNvA1MWbSjFNk_VyxLR6ypN-Jk&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;An overview of the trip - I will work on the 'official' Movie over the next week - if you want to send me over some of your own images to be included - then please send them to my hotmail address :- noreenmckee@hotmail.com&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;cheers&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-c06f181d0e6f2a9c" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" 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wee videos of the trip more will added as and when I make them.....'/><author><name>ConfusedCelt</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/ScAEGCcmcrI/AAAAAAAAAAU/2t6LuQHuG00/S220/n515428105_53028_474.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241348017888227249.post-4683834510880141534</id><published>2009-04-11T00:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-11T09:15:07.461-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='farewell'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='adweidersen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='goodbye'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='adieu'/><title type='text'>The Overview...</title><content type='html'>I thought I should post a few wee moviettes which sum up some of the essence of the trip - I hope you get an idea of just how 'totally awesome' our trip has been.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;There has been everything from climbing mountains, swimming in the Colorado river, crossing over one of modern-day wonders of the world - and shopping in one of 'the' retail capitals of the world!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Be prepared for tired bodies and minds returning to you on Sunday - we have tried a lot and accomplished a lot.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We were proud to call them our students during the trip - everyone we encountered told us how well behaved they were and that they were a credit to our school.  we pass on these accolades to you the parents - they have done you proud.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thank you for looking in while we undertook this life adventure - I hope you have enjoyed it.  Thanks to those who left their daily comments - it really did mean a lot to me and to the recipients of the messages.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So - until the next time - this is Noreen 'Wee McKee' Linforth - signing out....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;God Bless xxx&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-f13fe48fd0793e94" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" 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href='http://whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com/feeds/4683834510880141534/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com/2009/04/overview.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7241348017888227249/posts/default/4683834510880141534'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7241348017888227249/posts/default/4683834510880141534'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com/2009/04/overview.html' title='The Overview...'/><author><name>ConfusedCelt</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/ScAEGCcmcrI/AAAAAAAAAAU/2t6LuQHuG00/S220/n515428105_53028_474.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241348017888227249.post-7931274735970794331</id><published>2009-04-10T21:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-11T03:05:03.217-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='scenery'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grand canyon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vegas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='geography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='whitchurch'/><title type='text'>Las Vegas...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SeA0vP7D37I/AAAAAAAAAOs/1QlYmG78jCQ/s1600-h/DSCF0067.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SeA0uME9nKI/AAAAAAAAAOM/eeziNfrQPVc/s200/las-vegas.jpg" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323312727672593570" /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Well, we finally made it!!!  This is indeed the final blog posting of the trip.  (Everyone say Aww....!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I will invite the students to log on and give a few of their highlights and memories from the trip when they return to the green, green grass of home - so more from them later.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SeAtlc6mzcI/AAAAAAAAANk/mGZSyWd3Znc/s200/DSCF0109.JPG" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323304880992341442" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SeAtl2TdLiI/AAAAAAAAAN0/4e-vmsb-r8A/s200/DSCF0144-2.JPG" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323304887807454754" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The evening walking the 'strip' last night appears to have be&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;en eventful - when many interesting sights and sounds enjoyed by all.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SeAtmJG9kOI/AAAAAAAAAN8/tHHEvcLdujc/s200/DSCF0146-2.JPG" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323304892855324898" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SeAtlml8bxI/AAAAAAAAANs/dGI1H1cMItk/s200/DSCF0131-2.JPG" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323304883590033170" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The morning saw yet ANOTHER buffet breakfast, with foods f&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;rom all over the world on offer.  Miss Flanagan even had some Cherry Cobbler after her cooked breakfast!!  but then she did have a whole day of shopping ahead of her!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;We caught the 'Deuce' bus to the Las Vegas Retail Outlet - watching the scenes of Las Vegas play out before our very eyes during the trip.  When we arrived the group were set a ne&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;w challenge...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 255);"&gt;YOU MUST GO INTO THIS VAST GROUP OF STORES AND BUY, BUY, BUY! - YOU HAVE TWO HOURS TO USE AS YOU WISH&lt;/span&gt; - &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;READY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"&gt;STEADY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"&gt;GO!!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The shops proved to offer a great variety of comparison goods with a lot of volume shopping  experienced by all.  The retail park was located at the periphery of th&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;e city, with good access routes for both delivery of goods and shoppers to park (that bit was for my Year 11 and Year 8 classes - just in case they thought this trip was all play and no work!).  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;There were many bags to be carried when we boarded the bus into the centre of the city again - and we alighted at the famous NEW YORK, NEW YORK casino.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SeAtmbCrkKI/AAAAAAAAAOE/kG0vgoYSPWE/s200/DSCF0055.JPG" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323304897669206178" /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The plan was to see a few of the fabulous casino/hotels on our way to the next Mall - and this gave a few a quick chance to gamble a little ( $1 to be exact);  Alex played it well, and earned himself a whole 2&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;5c profit!!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The couragous of the group then set off for the New York Rollercoaster.  It was spectacular - and I am sure you will see many of the photos taken during the ride.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SeA6KjWLptI/AAAAAAAAAO0/dvZIwScFAgM/s200/DSCF0052.JPG" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323318712513308370" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;With our hearts still racing, we then headed on foot to the 'Fashion Mall',  we passed alongside the Pirates of the Caribbean show and the famous Bellagio - with the fountains dancing along to some majestic music. (now that's a way to mark each half-hour!).  During the walk around&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; the casinos, we spotted one of the many 'Wedding Chapels' and Jac thought the opportunity was too good to miss - so as you can see, with Mike officiating, he went down on one knee - see Bethan for the answer she gave??!!##!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SeA0u0vOfrI/AAAAAAAAAOk/U3Bqxqz5ajM/s200/DSCF0063.JPG" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323312738587279026" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;After some time in the Abercrombie &amp;amp; Fitch shop -&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; we all had a little to show for it!&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SeBAS_b5NDI/AAAAAAAAAPc/tAfrhX4Yg6c/s320/DSCF0104.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323325454562178098" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SeBq4r1bG3I/AAAAAAAAAPs/EVFS4MMS5HY/s320/DSCF0100.JPG" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323372281623944050" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We then trotted back to the hotel for dinner - and while a few chilled - the others went one last time to check out the famous lights of Vegas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tomorrow brings along our last time to see the sights of what is an extraordinary city - with the kind of scale and colour which is rarely seen anywhere else in the world.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SeA6LOmhl4I/AAAAAAAAAO8/H92Nha7cG5c/s200/DSCF0091.JPG" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323318724124579714" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Vegas is a city which appears to go against the realm of nature and logic - a city in a desert, watered by a river which runs through the deepest canyon in the continent; with lights of such  electrifying and varying colours, that they make everyone appear to&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; be in a movie.  The people are all in a cast of thousands - reading from a script that no one in Hollytwood could ever have the imagination to write.  That is Vegas - incomprehendable and amazing - all in the same breath!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Don't think that visiting Vegas is a gamble - it is an experience that will enrich and excite.  I am sure that the sights and scale of the buildings will stay with all who came along on this 'journey'.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Team Challenge is nearly over -with just a few more points available to play for.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The standings at this moment are:-&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SeBpEg8RtGI/AAAAAAAAAPk/J_BT-q_sfXw/s400/TEAM+CHALLENGE+12+TH.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 253px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323370285835072610" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7241348017888227249-7931274735970794331?l=whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com/feeds/7931274735970794331/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com/2009/04/las-vegas.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7241348017888227249/posts/default/7931274735970794331'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7241348017888227249/posts/default/7931274735970794331'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com/2009/04/las-vegas.html' title='Las Vegas...'/><author><name>ConfusedCelt</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/ScAEGCcmcrI/AAAAAAAAAAU/2t6LuQHuG00/S220/n515428105_53028_474.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SeA0uME9nKI/AAAAAAAAAOM/eeziNfrQPVc/s72-c/las-vegas.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241348017888227249.post-3836839004588403657</id><published>2009-04-09T22:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-10T21:46:52.990-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='scenery'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grand canyon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='geography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='whitchurch'/><title type='text'>Hoover Dam &amp; Colorado River Raft Float...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Well this evening's blog is being&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; written in rather different circumstances....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;APOLOGIES - MY IMAGES ARE NOT UPLOADING AT THE MINUTE - I WILL TRY AGAIN IN THE MORNING - UNTI THEN - HAPPY READING,,,,,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sd7xxDCeKhI/AAAAAAAAAMk/175m98GBC8M/s320/DSCF0011-1.JPG" style="text-align: justify;float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322957634530060818" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I am used to typing away in a quiet room, having the quietness of the evening to help me find the right words.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Tonight - we are in Vegas - and the neon lights of the 'strip' are reflecting off the window.  We have just had dinner, having walked through an area of hundreds of slot machines.  The culture shock of the Bryce experience to the Vegas experience could not be more marked.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;We started the day bright and early with breakfast in Boulder City, with a short drive to the Hoover Dam Visitor Centre.  As Robert drove the coach towards the Dam itself, we were all amazed at the grandeur and scale of the complex. We were shown a short video on the building of the 'Boulder' Dam, which was later renamed 'Hoover' in honour of it's great creator - Herbert Hoover - not the other one!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sd7xwbEQ28I/AAAAAAAAAMU/W86CntTrk7U/s320/DSCF0003-1.JPG" style="text-align: justify;float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322957623800159170" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;After descending many metres to the floor of the Dam, we were privy to the workings of the generators and the outstanding engineering which took place to produce of the modern day wonders of the world!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;When we had looked at the sights - we then made our way to the Boulder City Hacienda Hotel - where we were to commence our river float trip.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;We left Robert and our comfortable coach - and were driven through areas restricted to most, and found ourselves at the foot of the Hoover Dam wall.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;When we were all safely 'loaded up', we were then on our way....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Our trusty guide - Dave  - highlighted to us the many types of different geological forms located along our route.   We saw hot springs caused by seismic acticity, non-conforming rocks, fault lines and 'tropical' grottos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sd7xwsmzkpI/AAAAAAAAAMc/RGlCgTGKvDg/s320/DSCF0005.JPG" style="text-align: justify;float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322957628508443282" /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sd9tSPPDvUI/AAAAAAAAAM8/v7vzomdqGvY/s200/DSCF0027.JPG" style="text-align: justify;float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323093444669979970" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The remnants of the engineering required to create the Hoover Dam in the 1930's was still visible at times. The 'Gauge Men' who had to climb  across some treacherous areas to measure water levels and velocity - always taking their life in their hands to do so - was just one of the 'tit-bits' that Dave shared with us.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sd9tSsAWsiI/AAAAAAAAANE/TdVduiok8o0/s200/DSCF0038.JPG" style="text-align: justify;float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323093452392935970" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;We had a few stops to allow the students to cool off - and some took this to the extreme - as you can see below!!!  the temp was about 12 C - so they were indeed brave wee souls (they have been awarded points for their teams to acknowledge their courage).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sd7xxixGuNI/AAAAAAAAAMs/itbCjAmSX6E/s320/DSCF0029.JPG" style="text-align: justify;float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322957643047155922" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;We eventually got to  our destination and we disembarqued our loyal raft.  We were met by Robert who drove us back to the hotel to pick up our luggage - as coaches are not allowed to cross over the Hoover Dam with luggage!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The images below do not do it justice - but I thought they might give you a small glimpse into our day.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;And so the scene was set - we were now on our way to Las Vegas !!!  cue the old classic by Elvis.....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;We were able to see the 'strip' from about 10 miles away - and as we drew closer - the Zion team were getting louder and louder.  The excitement was almost tangible - with everyone making mental lists of shops to be visited and spectacles to be witnessed.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;We pulled up outside our final hotel - 'The Riviera' and the bell-hops took out luggage to our rooms - pretty soon we were in 'Kady's' for dinner - where the steaks ordered were as large as our dinner plates!!!!  - well you know what they say about things in the US!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Anyway - tomorrow is a day of the artificial type of attraction - rather than the natural we have been spoilt with recently.  We will have a little time to shop tomorrow - which I know a lot of the group have been looking forward to.  Abercrombie &amp;amp; Fitch -here we come!!!!!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Some have gone for a walk to see the lights - my trusty apprentice Jade is taking the photos - so you will get the latest update tomorrow evening!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Until then - Goodnight x&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7241348017888227249-3836839004588403657?l=whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com/feeds/3836839004588403657/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com/2009/04/hoover-dam-colorado-river-raft-float.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7241348017888227249/posts/default/3836839004588403657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7241348017888227249/posts/default/3836839004588403657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com/2009/04/hoover-dam-colorado-river-raft-float.html' title='Hoover Dam &amp; Colorado River Raft Float...'/><author><name>ConfusedCelt</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/ScAEGCcmcrI/AAAAAAAAAAU/2t6LuQHuG00/S220/n515428105_53028_474.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sd7xxDCeKhI/AAAAAAAAAMk/175m98GBC8M/s72-c/DSCF0011-1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241348017888227249.post-4860181475649908378</id><published>2009-04-08T20:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-08T22:35:40.431-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Grand Canyon Day 2 - Skywalk</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sd2JHEEpmrI/AAAAAAAAAME/yPgKwyV9Je0/s1600-h/DSCF0099-2_edited-1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sd2JHEEpmrI/AAAAAAAAAME/yPgKwyV9Je0/s400/DSCF0099-2_edited-1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322561089067129522" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sd1wYtaQvfI/AAAAAAAAAKk/TShkDtremdw/s1600-h/DSCF0107.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sd1wYtaQvfI/AAAAAAAAAKk/TShkDtremdw/s320/DSCF0107.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322533904430710258" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Evening all,&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Well I hope you had a good day - we have been out and about again, with yet another amazing set of memories and photos to take with us.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Today is/was (according to where you are reading this) my 3rd Wedding Anniversary - and just like that lovely day in Penarth three years ago - I indeed took a 'walk of destiny', and almost took the 'plunge'!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Thanks to the kids who wished me a nice day - I did actually manage to speak to my husband - and I think he enjoyed the day immensly as I was not there to bug him - sad I know - after only 3 years!!! (only joking Martin).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Well we were up bright and early again, a good breakfast and on the road by 8.30 AM.  You may be surprised by the early starts they are making during the trip, they may find it difficult when they get back - call it jet-lag, it should only last a few days - so if they are still trying it as an excuse in June - get them to see a doctor!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sd12buMkPgI/AAAAAAAAALk/9ESGTLj02ZY/s320/DSCF0119.JPG" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322540553251077634" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We drove towards the area of the Skywalk - which was about an hour away from Kingman.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sd1yTfxWuoI/AAAAAAAAALE/kg_eFLsjZ9s/s400/trip+map.JPG" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 298px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322536013893384834" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The comfortable coach which has&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; served us well over the week had to be abandoned, as we were now in the hands of the Skywalk system.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Our new driver - Sylvia took on a rather bumpy 14 mile trip to the West Rim of the Canyon - with no tarmac to help cushion the ride.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The site is situated on the Indian Reservation of the Hualapai Tribe. 120 miles East of Vegas and 72 miles north of Kingman.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sd12bb6OPqI/AAAAAAAAALc/i39Dq9uL8Ck/s320/DSCF0116.JPG" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322540548342300322" /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The breath-taking scenery was just too much of a charm to us, so we set about taking more shots of the dramatic sheer slopes beside us. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;There were a few more brave souls trying for the daring shot - but there was always a teacher or employee of the centre close at hand to tell us when we were just a wee bit too close to the edge!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sd12a6OfHmI/AAAAAAAAALM/JoWqNH9hwUk/s320/DSCF0104.JPG" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322540539300486754" /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The day proved an amazing experience - with the whole group making it onto the glass bridge, which sits 70ft out from the rock-face, 4,000 ft above the floor of the canyon!!!!   yes - you read that right!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The students all purchased a photo momento of the event - I have added the staff one below - just to show our Head of Department that we are really brave!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sd16ULjZhZI/AAAAAAAAAL0/B2VlEbWd_jM/s400/DSCF0100-1.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322544821739029906" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;A message to Millie &amp;amp; Grace - their Dad says 'Hi'.  Stop stressing - Dad's weight didn't break it!  Missing you loads girls - see you for Easter eggs on Sunday!!  xx&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The local indigenous people also offer some cultural  entertainment for the visitors to the centre - so all in all it was a great day.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;As inspiration on the way to our next stop-over, we gave the students the challenge of thinking of their 'indigenous' name - and we had to try and match up the name with the character.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The most creative names were given 2 points for their team.  Some of the lucky people were:-&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Matt Jones  - He who dances with badgers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Josh Thomas - he who has had a ball on this trip.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Sarah - She who stands wide, smiles and conquers her fears.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Tan - He who enters the country last.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We apologise that they may not be totally clear to you the reader as to why they won, but be assured - they had the popular vote.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-2431a927933e3196" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v2.nonxt3.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D2431a927933e3196%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331616843%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D17C3B58F6E847D01D9C7263FB2F29A91E242B330.546C9F894BE29A2701C140D5264498B7F2B25B81%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D2431a927933e3196%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3Dzhc4RESLdzMDHH_RcLlU7eSqpTU&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v2.nonxt3.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D2431a927933e3196%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331616843%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D17C3B58F6E847D01D9C7263FB2F29A91E242B330.546C9F894BE29A2701C140D5264498B7F2B25B81%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D2431a927933e3196%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3Dzhc4RESLdzMDHH_RcLlU7eSqpTU&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;When we arrived in Boulder City - we were quickly at our dinner venue - with lots of food on offer as well as a special cake - made for the occasion.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Tomorrow we head towards Hoover Dam and then a raft float down the Colorado for a few hours.  It is hard to believe that the trip is nearing Las Vegas - and so to the end of the trip which we waited so long for!!  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Tonight there were a few chilling in the pool and hot-tub, while others thought I might be feeling a wee bit doen, and so as my husband couldn't buy me flowers on my anniversary - they did so instead!!!  Thank you Jade and Bethan - I couldn't have wished for better 'daughters'. xxxx&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sd2EAc-haLI/AAAAAAAAAL8/sSFk3CbGupU/s400/P4080414.JPG" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322555477935089842" /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;We also thought it too good an opportunity to miss - when we spotted a massive number of Joshua Trees - so Mrs CJ took a picture with our own famous Josh - hope his parents like the pic !&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7241348017888227249-4860181475649908378?l=whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=2431a927933e3196&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com/feeds/4860181475649908378/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com/2009/04/grand-canyon-day-2-skywalk.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7241348017888227249/posts/default/4860181475649908378'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7241348017888227249/posts/default/4860181475649908378'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com/2009/04/grand-canyon-day-2-skywalk.html' title='Grand Canyon Day 2 - Skywalk'/><author><name>ConfusedCelt</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/ScAEGCcmcrI/AAAAAAAAAAU/2t6LuQHuG00/S220/n515428105_53028_474.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sd2JHEEpmrI/AAAAAAAAAME/yPgKwyV9Je0/s72-c/DSCF0099-2_edited-1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241348017888227249.post-2856595357954003968</id><published>2009-04-07T20:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-08T07:37:42.314-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='scenery'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grand canyon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='trip'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='canyon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='south rim'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='imax'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='geography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='whitchurch'/><title type='text'>Grand Canyon Day 1</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SdwxqB7rFCI/AAAAAAAAAJs/nbTxEFP7-qI/s1600-h/DSCF0022-1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SdwxqB7rFCI/AAAAAAAAAJs/nbTxEFP7-qI/s320/DSCF0022-1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322183457788072994" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The day started REALLY early - with the breakfast buffet opening at 6.30 AM - and we were it's first customers!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdw0G2Ht41I/AAAAAAAAAKE/3Sh-jJnntrE/s320/DSCF0018-1.JPG" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322186151856825170" /&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SdwzhxUVxJI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/e1vHo4Zu8l8/s320/DSCF0007.JPG" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322185514912433298" /&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdwzh3I453I/AAAAAAAAAJ8/oBqxPu6bFZI/s320/DSCF0016-1.JPG" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322185516475017074" /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;We were all packed up and ready to go by 7.30 - despite aiming for 7 - but only 30 minutes late getting started is&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; good for us!  We said goodbye to our luxurious hotel and headed south....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;We set off for the IMAX Cinema - around not far from our next stop at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SdwxqHPwReI/AAAAAAAAAJk/30OCADxUn1U/s320/DSCF0019-1.JPG" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322183459214476770" /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Visitor Centre allowed us a sneek view of what was ahead - and we were all suitably impressed with the amazing IMAX movie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SdwlzDBIFqI/AAAAAAAAAH0/OFRX_WXgaxA/s200/imax+logo.JPG" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 85px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322170418558670498" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;After a quick lunch buying stop, we were nearly there....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;We parked at 'Mathers Point' and walked slowly towards the edge of the carpark....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;As we got nearer - we told them to close their eyes and hold hands.....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Some fell over - Bethan Carr!!!  - but we made our way closer and closer to the edge...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;THEN, we said OPEN!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And this is what they saw.....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SdwwYu0OSzI/AAAAAAAAAJE/PpfsjNxxjbw/s320/DSCF0080.JPG" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322182061087148850" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;We took many of the obligatory photos - and we wound our way around the South Rim of the canyon, stopping for lunch, taking more photos, stopping for a drink, then more photos.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Some were braver than others - but we made sure that no really major risks were being taken.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The scenery was truly breathtaking, with vista across the canyon with cliffs and valleys in every direction.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The weather was glorious for us - (I had had a wee word with the Big Man Upstairs - and had placed a request!) - this certainly added to the majesty of the day - with the glorious azure coloured sky setting off the rocks beautifully.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The students seemed keen to explore further around the edge of the canyon - some even saying they could see the Sky Walk!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdwq_N75HuI/AAAAAAAAAIk/F5YUp4Cw4tc/s320/DSCF0043.JPG" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322176125206077154" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdwq_lFuEeI/AAAAAAAAAI8/FU2VPOE7uyU/s320/DSCF0072.JPG" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322176131421311458" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Some of the group went for the group setting - and others for the dramatic!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;There was one thing for sure - no matter what the choice - the landscape was always going to upstage us.....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdwq_W9Dl0I/AAAAAAAAAIs/itQWyFbP0JM/s320/DSCF0056.JPG" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322176127626876738" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We eventually made our way back to the coach and started on our onward journey to Kingman.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The group are starting to realise that to see the things we planned to see - quite a few miles need to be covered.  The journey was quite a quiet affair - the sun and the early morning having taken their toll on all.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;We arrived in Kingman right on schedule, and settled into JB's for our dinner.  With some requiring ice for sunburn, they settled into their rooms for a well -earned rest.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Tomorrow we venture towards the famous Sky Walk - my photos will be a limited version, as they do not allow the users to take their own shots of the amazing experience; but I will see what I can do.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;No quiz today - just a few bonuses picked up for cleaning the coach of the litter at the end of the journey.  Hoover picked up a few badly needed points - but with big plans for quizzes tomorrow on the way to Boulder City - I am sure the leader board will change over a few times.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Until tomorrow - I will leave you with a small moviette to be inspired for the day ahead....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-180f9301f6ebb0e" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v10.nonxt4.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D0180f9301f6ebb0e%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331616843%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D1600A597B3739C2821AE20A9940907D5AECA4F11.255E32FB8E73E721205941B454983B8981FE98D7%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D180f9301f6ebb0e%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DYXcDtMFu3layXGz-dju5Wm6mxYQ&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v10.nonxt4.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D0180f9301f6ebb0e%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331616843%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D1600A597B3739C2821AE20A9940907D5AECA4F11.255E32FB8E73E721205941B454983B8981FE98D7%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D180f9301f6ebb0e%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DYXcDtMFu3layXGz-dju5Wm6mxYQ&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7241348017888227249-2856595357954003968?l=whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=180f9301f6ebb0e&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com/feeds/2856595357954003968/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com/2009/04/grand-canyon-day-1.html#comment-form' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7241348017888227249/posts/default/2856595357954003968'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7241348017888227249/posts/default/2856595357954003968'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com/2009/04/grand-canyon-day-1.html' title='Grand Canyon Day 1'/><author><name>ConfusedCelt</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/ScAEGCcmcrI/AAAAAAAAAAU/2t6LuQHuG00/S220/n515428105_53028_474.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SdwxqB7rFCI/AAAAAAAAAJs/nbTxEFP7-qI/s72-c/DSCF0022-1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241348017888227249.post-8532293525415325775</id><published>2009-04-06T18:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-06T19:26:39.509-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grand canyon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='canyon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='page'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='geography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='whitchurch'/><title type='text'>Trip to Flagstaff...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdqy-T2hoYI/AAAAAAAAAG8/pKWq17_wv4A/s1600-h/DSCF0040.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;DAY 3 - TRIP TO FLAGSTAFF - ARIZONA&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Hello again, we hope you are enjoying the peek into the ongoings over here.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The day was started with yet another scrumptious breakfast - fresh fruit followed by a full cooked breakfast.  We were still recovering from the hike from yesterday, so a day chilling in the coach on our way to Flagstaff was quite welcome.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;We waved goodbye to our new friends from Cirencester - whom we had met again at dinner the previous night.  They were very impressed that Whitchurch students were given at a chance at coming away on such a trip of a lifetime.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Miss Flanagan and myself had made some plans for the entertainment on the longer coach journeys, whilst doing the bag-packing in Tesco.  So we started to put our little plans into action as soon as we left Ruby's Inn....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdqy9fWU-iI/AAAAAAAAAGc/sn-Xkt-PI8I/s200/DSCF0012.JPG" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321762679148575266" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The theme for the day was 'music', so we set the teams a 'name that tune' challenge - with the aid of the coach microphone and my laptop!  Despite the poor quality of sound - they were able to name a few.  We then set them a 'drill sergent' challenge (american spelling for the context of the blog!) - with a few interesting renditions of  'I don't know, but it's been said....' from the groups later in the afternoon. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;We stopped off a few times to admire yet more stunning scenery - and it seemed perhaps a bit blase to concentrate on things inside the coach, when we were being driven through the most amazing of terrain.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;We lunched in Page - home of the Glen Canyon Dam, for which we visited the Visitor Centre.  The teams were seen to be taking in all the details just in case they were needed for the next trip quiz. It is true since beginning the quiz, the teams are much more interested in dates and names than ever before!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdqy-D68RUI/AAAAAAAAAG0/srxT2mNTB1o/s200/dscf0040.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321762688965821762" /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdqy93QvVlI/AAAAAAAAAGs/RaJCEr2LGyU/s200/dscf0051.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321762685567587922" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdq0lWD90iI/AAAAAAAAAHE/8OTZOqwCfJs/s200/dscf0064.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321764463362036258" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdqy9uXLTVI/AAAAAAAAAGk/W-lvn1MDoX8/s200/dscf0031.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321762683178667346" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;We also had a brief stop for fuel, in which we had to disembarque - so the nearby gift-shop was frequented.  It was also a chance for 'dress-up', as can be seen from Will's costume above.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The final sing-a-long was the most musically challenging - with one and all taking part in the intense competition.  Will Claydon certainly came out as a fantastic X-Factor 'one to watch', with other groups doing their 'parents' proud!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The Team standings after the bonuses had been added up are as below - with Bryce having the lead at lunch and Zion lagging at the back; but by our arrival in Flagstaff, it was all-change!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The results so far are as follows:-&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdq5gxlpPwI/AAAAAAAAAHs/d9fv19jU_J0/s320/quiz+results.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321769882409844482" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;When we pulled up at the 'Little America' Hotel, we were greeted with a special welcome for us emblazoned on their hotel billing!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The entrance was resplendent, with the tour to the rooms showing great promise - we quickly puts names to rooms - with a shreik of delight from&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; some in the Zion camp - soon to be turned to despair when the female staff realised that they had mistakenly given their room away, so had to reclaim it.  As I type - I believe their is a small doll having pins inserted by a small group of rather angry young girls!!! (the images below may tell you why!)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdq0lfN5_0I/AAAAAAAAAHM/KbXuSgYdYbo/s200/DSCF0015.JPG" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321764465819647810" /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Anyway - we are dolling ourselves up for dinner later in the rather gorgeous dining area - with a few drying off from their spree in the hot-tub.  To say we are staying in luxury is an understatement - sorry Rhiannon!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdq0l6Xk08I/AAAAAAAAAHk/dvV6C4qdEI8/s200/dscf0018.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321764473107960770" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdq0lvmD4pI/AAAAAAAAAHU/MkY0wMWHlwo/s200/dscf0028.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321764470215926418" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;We have an early start in the morning as we head for the IMAX cinema outside Tusayan (outside the Grand Canyon National Park), then onto the South Rim of the outstanding Grand Canyon itself, followed by a trip to our next stop-over in Kingman.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;It is hard to believe that this trip is already nearing the middle, considering the staggering things we have already seen and done.  With still a lot more to be accomplished, we look forward to seeing what the group will say when they take those last few steps towards the rim of the canyon - many find the whole experience quite humbling - I will fill you in with the details tomorrow.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7241348017888227249-8532293525415325775?l=whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com/feeds/8532293525415325775/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com/2009/04/trip-to-flagstaff.html#comment-form' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7241348017888227249/posts/default/8532293525415325775'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7241348017888227249/posts/default/8532293525415325775'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com/2009/04/trip-to-flagstaff.html' title='Trip to Flagstaff...'/><author><name>ConfusedCelt</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/ScAEGCcmcrI/AAAAAAAAAAU/2t6LuQHuG00/S220/n515428105_53028_474.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdqy9fWU-iI/AAAAAAAAAGc/sn-Xkt-PI8I/s72-c/DSCF0012.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241348017888227249.post-6412742267809707202</id><published>2009-04-05T15:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-08T06:24:43.317-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bryce Canyon....</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Bryce Canyon......&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdk_dsxTBcI/AAAAAAAAAFE/c4b3Ykbu_Hc/s1600-h/DSCF0072.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321354214181635522" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdk_dsxTBcI/AAAAAAAAAFE/c4b3Ykbu_Hc/s320/DSCF0072.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321360993661187426" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SdlFoUTLdWI/AAAAAAAAAGE/tOCrwDyu4jo/s200/DSCF0029.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;Well hello again, as I sit here typing - I have several emotions running around my head - 'pride' at having completed the challenging Bryce Canyon walk earlier today; 'surprise' &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;at the level of competitiveness of our students as they take part in the daily 'Grand Canyon Trip Quiz', and of course 'thankfulness' for the wonderful weather and scenery we have been so very priviledged to enjoy over these last few days.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;Once again I will place a small 'moviette' to try to summarise what our day entailed - but I will admit even that is difficult to do given the many, many great images we have seen &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;today.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;After a very hearty breakfast in Ruby's Inn - we set off to the Bryce National Park - after a quick visit to the visitor's centre - we headed for the real challenge of the day - I like to call this 'The Walk of Death!!!' - as two years ago I did indeed feel like dying at the end.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321354220979988642" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: justify" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdk_eGGJqKI/AAAAAAAAAFM/ZzrNCQoI8_M/s320/DSCF0097.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;We started at a brisk pace,  but dealing with the snowy slopes and having to stop and just try to take in what we were actually walking in, did take a slight toll on the speed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;The somewhat slippy slopes gave us a few challenges -as you can see below..........&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="center"&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-c6500f75567589e5" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v15.nonxt7.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Dc6500f75567589e5%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331616843%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D7203BDEF287EEC1DF7A569C291AF58665CFCB073.68895051C6C5F03683B5D2AFE4367094A6BA8263%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dc6500f75567589e5%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D-CXHDuLKOCvC_0pBFNAG3wcjNDs&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v15.nonxt7.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Dc6500f75567589e5%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331616843%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D7203BDEF287EEC1DF7A569C291AF58665CFCB073.68895051C6C5F03683B5D2AFE4367094A6BA8263%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dc6500f75567589e5%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D-CXHDuLKOCvC_0pBFNAG3wcjNDs&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;The amazing orange of the slopes and 'hoodoos' were set off perfectly with the cloudless blue skies above.  It is true when they say that certain scenes can render you speechless - as many of our group found.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321361003857050866" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SdlFo6SD_PI/AAAAAAAAAGU/7I-CVi6JpoE/s200/DSCF0094.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;The group coped admirably with the terrain - and even I managed to make it to the end of the hike - without feeling like my time was up.  The whole day was helped with the fantastic sense of fun and adventure that the group has engendered over the last few days. In fact since we met on that cold Friday morning, it is fair to say that they have all been a credit to the school and their parents.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321357192629996210" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: justify" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SdlCLEWuSrI/AAAAAAAAAFU/Gq9p4gB9Qyg/s320/DSCF0025.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;The competitive edge has been set - with the group being placed into one of four 'families' for the duration of the trip - no matter what Bethan Carr might think - and the families each having a 'parent' from the staff to look &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;after them.  The catchphrases from each keep being added to - with the Zion team, headed by Miss Flanagan, feeling left out - so they have latched onto the 'stamps' phrase - as linked to the numerous National Park stamps they had placed onto themselves before leaving the Visitor Centre!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321360998511334626" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SdlFomXi1OI/AAAAAAAAAGM/sGw2S4wgz4k/s200/DSCF0035.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;The main point of conversation whilst on the coach is the now regular quiz.  With yesterday's victors - The 'Hoover' Team, led by Mr Daniel - consisting of Jac, Abul, Alex, Tom P, Jamie C, Steve, Nathan and Tom J,  having a close lead of 26 to the 25 of the Linforth led 'Bryce' team.  However, with the 2 rounds held today - the lead has switched from Hoover to Bryce - but once again by only 1 point!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321360989151146962" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SdlFoDf5s9I/AAAAAAAAAF0/JKjGbquC2sc/s200/DSCF0020.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;DAY 1 -  &lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;HOOVER&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;29&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                BRYCE&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;26&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                VEGAS&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"&gt;     25&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;                 ZION        19&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"&gt;HOOVER &lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;DAY 1 WINNER &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;DAY 2 - &lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;HOOVER&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"&gt;    15&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;                BRYCE&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"&gt;        19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;               VEGAS        14&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;                ZION           11&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;DAY 2 WINNER &lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;      &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"&gt;BRYCE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt; THE BONUS SCORES WILL BE ADDED AFTER THE 'GREEN' CHALLENGE THIS EVENING&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;There are also many opportunities for each team member to gain bonus points, or to lose them.  Tonight - after they had relaxed in the pool and jacuzzi, they will all potentially gain bonus points for wearing items of clothing which are green - so as I type I can hear some discussing what they are going to wear - and have several checking on shades of green which are acceptable.  So as you can tell - the competition is fierce.  I will let you know later how they looked and who did the best job.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321360993322764498" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SdlFoTCfiNI/AAAAAAAAAF8/DJuym4Ge0Fk/s200/DSCF0021.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;Overall, the whole trip has been a huge success, with all finding out about something new about themselves and their previous limits.  It has been a trip of seeing limits extended in many guises.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;I am sure you will see your children changed when they come back - they will rave about Bryce for many months to come.  The photos will only say a little of what they have already experienced on this trip of a lifetime.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321357200496341634" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SdlCLhqNMoI/AAAAAAAAAFk/HrJ7wVPfEwg/s320/DSCF0047.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;Tomorrow, we travel south towards Flagstaff, on the way we will stop at a few interesting landmarks - so yes - more photos to be posted.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;We hope you are not missing us too much - well, maybe a little....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;Noreen - signing off... &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7241348017888227249-6412742267809707202?l=whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com/feeds/6412742267809707202/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com/2009/04/bryce-canyon.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7241348017888227249/posts/default/6412742267809707202'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7241348017888227249/posts/default/6412742267809707202'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com/2009/04/bryce-canyon.html' title='Bryce Canyon....'/><author><name>ConfusedCelt</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/ScAEGCcmcrI/AAAAAAAAAAU/2t6LuQHuG00/S220/n515428105_53028_474.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdk_dsxTBcI/AAAAAAAAAFE/c4b3Ykbu_Hc/s72-c/DSCF0072.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241348017888227249.post-2734907236408086485</id><published>2009-04-04T20:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-04T23:07:00.278-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='scenery'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='trip'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='zion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='geography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='whitchurch'/><title type='text'>Zion Canyon Day Update....</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdg7RJmtelI/AAAAAAAAAEc/1SUERBVn3h8/s1600-h/P4040065.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdg7RJmtelI/AAAAAAAAAEc/1SUERBVn3h8/s200/P4040065.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321068125560339026" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdg7Qt01cWI/AAAAAAAAAEE/Y36omqv29KU/s200/DSCF0058.JPG" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321068118103388514" /&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdg7RKLvYbI/AAAAAAAAAEU/konaTypKezc/s200/DSCF0070.JPG" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321068125715653042" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdg5UCiG3iI/AAAAAAAAAD0/ZTZ8Mih4MFs/s1600-h/DSCF0045.JPG"&gt;The Zion National Park Day - Saturday 4th April 2009&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SdhF_PANehI/AAAAAAAAAEk/jjMDFMRKRSI/s200/P4040030.JPG" style="text-align: right;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321079912399731218" /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;The Zion Team&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdg5UCiG3iI/AAAAAAAAAD0/ZTZ8Mih4MFs/s1600-h/DSCF0045.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdg5UCiG3iI/AAAAAAAAAD0/ZTZ8Mih4MFs/s320/DSCF0045.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321065976178335266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;the girlies :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdg4-6v7s4I/AAAAAAAAADs/T1kLPuFgUZw/s1600-h/DSCF0044.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdg4-6v7s4I/AAAAAAAAADs/T1kLPuFgUZw/s200/DSCF0044.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321065613311587202" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;some of the boys&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdg4e9KsjlI/AAAAAAAAADc/CtYwoYqKa4o/s200/DSCF0040.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321065064204897874" /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Hoover Team&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdg4o8LiE3I/AAAAAAAAADk/3zIaSMJ5B24/s1600-h/DSCF0041.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdg4o8LiE3I/AAAAAAAAADk/3zIaSMJ5B24/s200/DSCF0041.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321065235738661746" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Bryce&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Team&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;more team photos to follow.....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdg32IaRDXI/AAAAAAAAADU/D29yzLWwlt8/s1600-h/DSCF0037.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdg32IaRDXI/AAAAAAAAADU/D29yzLWwlt8/s320/DSCF0037.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321064362848357746" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well after a hearty breakfast in our hotel, we made our way to Zion, via the Walmart - where the lunch options were vast.  The challenge was to find anything in a 'normal' size rather than the supersize we found on every counter!!&lt;div&gt;The trip was short and sweet with our driver, Robert, taking us smoothly through the majestic landscape of the Zion National Park.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdg3YkcIO8I/AAAAAAAAADM/iPiv0uVIEME/s320/DSCF0019.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321063854976285634" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The weather was perfect, with sunny, clear blue skies.  We parked up and took the steepest option to start.  Some found the going a bit tough, but soon got used to the terrain and soon we were at our first stop.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdg7Q_1P_JI/AAAAAAAAAEM/Qs-jrmP8YAk/s200/DSCF0052.JPG" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321068122936966290" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We eventually made our way to the Emerald Pools - and had our lunch.  To say the scenery was breath-taking would be to do it an injustice.  The many times when we just had to stop and take another photo - or look up at the pure vastness of the cliffs above our heads, was numerous, which to be honest, for me and my lungs was a blessing!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;After the decent back to the main Zion Visitor Lodge, we caught the shuttle bus to the mysterious Temple of Sarawava.  The mile walk brought new glimpses of nature - with Mule Deer and chipmunks sharing our travels.  The whole group of students enjoyed the hike, with many realising new limits of stamina and strength - in a good way of course.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;During the onward journey to Bryce Lodge, the whole group were challenged to an inpromptu quiz on the events and facts of the day.  With questions on the scenery and the more obscure, the winners were eventually identified as the 'Hoover' team, headed up by Mr Daniel.  It was a very proud moment for all.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I will keep you abreast of the daily quiz results, as we build up the scores on each days' events and trivia.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;As for now, we have returned from the Bryce Lodge buffet dinner - where even I had to forgoe a dessert.  The infamous Bryce Canyon walk looms on the horizon tomorrow.  I am sure the briskness of the temperatures will mean a 'fresh' day.  This evening on running back from the Hotel pool, our adventurous swimmers found their hair actually frozen by the time they had completed the 5 minute trip!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;All in all, we are indeed having a fantastic time - with a few new catchphrases for the trip diary.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;When Megan was asked by a local what our plans were while we here, all she could answer was "well we are going to look around at some 'stuff'"! - we are grateful that the two years of planning and last minute panic has really paid off for Megan.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Also, the Linforth 'Bryce' team have started a new phenomenon of shouting 'Milk' at interesting points of conversations.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Indeed, all these memories will no doubt mean everything to those here but may be lost in the travelling across the miles.  Rest assured that they are creating memories which they will hold onto for years to come; when they meet in future school reunions the shouting of 'Milk!' will then bring a silent room to their knees in laughter. Yes ladies and gentlemen - this is indeed the stuff of memories and inspiration. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Rather than take a long time to put lots of photos on here - I have included a short movie of the day's events - the actual photos and video will be available to copy when we return...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Keep in touch and give us your comments - it is nice to know you are watching over us......&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Noreen x&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-d40b5101184e8323" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v16.nonxt7.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Dd40b5101184e8323%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331616843%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D1847F82BBD8146DCB9C0567C1925A4C4D5EC5511.830A4C4859F12A620AF87B98B67F471B5D228C4%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dd40b5101184e8323%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3Dl0S2cqcBrfAwzWji5EAho81mVro&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v16.nonxt7.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Dd40b5101184e8323%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331616843%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D1847F82BBD8146DCB9C0567C1925A4C4D5EC5511.830A4C4859F12A620AF87B98B67F471B5D228C4%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dd40b5101184e8323%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3Dl0S2cqcBrfAwzWji5EAho81mVro&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7241348017888227249-2734907236408086485?l=whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=d40b5101184e8323&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com/feeds/2734907236408086485/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com/2009/04/zion-canyon-day-update.html#comment-form' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7241348017888227249/posts/default/2734907236408086485'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7241348017888227249/posts/default/2734907236408086485'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com/2009/04/zion-canyon-day-update.html' title='Zion Canyon Day Update....'/><author><name>ConfusedCelt</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/ScAEGCcmcrI/AAAAAAAAAAU/2t6LuQHuG00/S220/n515428105_53028_474.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/Sdg7RJmtelI/AAAAAAAAAEc/1SUERBVn3h8/s72-c/P4040065.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241348017888227249.post-5067298813476907741</id><published>2009-04-03T19:47:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-03T21:15:07.718-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Well we made it!&lt;div&gt;After an early start, meeting at the school at 4.00AM, we made our way towards Gatwick Airport.  The 4 hour trip was to be a training exercise for the marathon 10 hour flight to Las Vegas.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SdbQ0_zTkCI/AAAAAAAAACk/JQlB-TFguDc/s200/DSCF0005.JPG" style="float:left; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320663567173417010" /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We arrived in Las Vegas at 2PM local time ( 8 hours behind GMT) so please think of me as I type this blog - it is now 3.55 AM in my body!!! - but only 7.55 PM on Friday evening in St George, UTAH.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Our lovely driver - Robert - originally from Detroit, picked us up and  we were now officially in the U S of A!!  - please hum something from the star spangled banner at this point!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We travelled close to  the centre of Vegas Strip - and we got a glimpse of the sights we will discover in more depth near the end of the trip.  There were many gasps as we considered the scale of the buildings and the desert which surrounded us. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;However,  our destination was St George - about one and half hours drive from Vegas.  Many slept as the body clock was catching up with us. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We then had our first proper dinner as a group of WHS explorers - and I know what you are thinking - Steak, Fries, Burgers, Pizza..... but you would be mistaken - as the crew sat down to salad, roast dinner and a 'small' dessert.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SdbRf-atK8I/AAAAAAAAAC0/GrlodCpAwmA/s320/DSCF0010.JPG" style="float:left; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320669053730238562" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So as we settle in for our first Friday night - we wish you a good Saturday.  we are all well and looking forward to the trip to Zion National Park tomorrow - many photos to come....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;From all over here - to all over there - take care for now...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Noreen&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SdbPY07tFOI/AAAAAAAAACU/JIfS5RgZ_mQ/s200/P4030002.JPG" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320668035217691874" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;x&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7241348017888227249-5067298813476907741?l=whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com/feeds/5067298813476907741/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com/2009/04/well-we-made-it-after-early-start.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7241348017888227249/posts/default/5067298813476907741'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7241348017888227249/posts/default/5067298813476907741'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com/2009/04/well-we-made-it-after-early-start.html' title=''/><author><name>ConfusedCelt</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/ScAEGCcmcrI/AAAAAAAAAAU/2t6LuQHuG00/S220/n515428105_53028_474.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SdbQ0_zTkCI/AAAAAAAAACk/JQlB-TFguDc/s72-c/DSCF0005.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241348017888227249.post-1882786065478159262</id><published>2009-03-31T12:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-31T12:44:25.343-07:00</updated><title type='text'>just 57 hours to go.....</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SdJyfYrhMYI/AAAAAAAAABc/Lb_Bc0Ltlgo/s1600-h/747_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SdJyfYrhMYI/AAAAAAAAABc/Lb_Bc0Ltlgo/s320/747_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319439993404469634" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;this is the first of what we hope are many 'blogs' regarding the long awaitied 'Whitchurch High does the Grand Canyon and Vegas'!!!&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;please keep posted - and add comments etc as and when you see fit.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Photos from the various events and a nightly diary of events will also be posted - written in conjunction with the student group and possibly a wee insight from me.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I hope you enjoy the posts - when we are back and you are still gasping over the amazing photos - we will post a new movie of the special event - but until then - get on with that packing!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;take care&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Noreen Linforth&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7241348017888227249-1882786065478159262?l=whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com/feeds/1882786065478159262/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com/2009/03/just-57-hours-to-go.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7241348017888227249/posts/default/1882786065478159262'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7241348017888227249/posts/default/1882786065478159262'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://whsgeogintheusa09.blogspot.com/2009/03/just-57-hours-to-go.html' title='just 57 hours to go.....'/><author><name>ConfusedCelt</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/ScAEGCcmcrI/AAAAAAAAAAU/2t6LuQHuG00/S220/n515428105_53028_474.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VyoC6pwdIUQ/SdJyfYrhMYI/AAAAAAAAABc/Lb_Bc0Ltlgo/s72-c/747_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry></feed>
