Week Twenty Three.

Well in case you weren't able to tell by the last few posts, this week has been pretty damn incredible to say the least. In one week we have driven from Banff, across the state border, through Montana, Utah, Arizona, Nevada and finally California, partied at Coachella, explored Vegas, and driven the entire way back. It was certainly a hectic week. But in terms of highlights, I have a lot.

Just driving into California, seeing all the palm trees, experiencing the heat and setting up camp at the most beautiful Lake was pretty spectacular. The heat did get a bit too much for me in the end, but just for a short while it was nice to not be surrounded by snow and erratic weather. Just sun. Pure sun. At Coachella my favourites of the week were, in no particular order, The Weeknd feat. Kanye West, Florence and the Machine, Milky Chance, Belle and Sebastian, Axwell ^ Ingrosso, Royal Blood and Clean Bandit. It was kind of weird to be at a festival in minimal clothing trying to find any form of shade just for some short relief from the beaming sun. As an English person I am much more used to gracing festivals in wellies, several layers, ridiculously attractive waterproofs and praying for the sun to peek out from behind the clouds just for one set. It was a little bit surreal.

And Vegas. Well. Vegas was ten times better than I expected. I expected everyone to be drunk and spend all of their time gambling, and of course there is that, but there is so much more. We needed at least two more days there to get anywhere close to doing all of the things that we wanted to do. I cannot begin to explain the vastness of the place, they have squeezed so much into a relatively small area. One minute you are on the bus looking at all the skyscrapers, the big Trump building, the stratosphere, the monumentally huge billboards, and the next there is nothing to see but desert. It really is like nowhere I have ever been before and I really hope we get the chance to go back and finish off what we started this time round.

As for now, I am bloody exhausted and am falling asleep trying to write this. Tomorrow it is back to the real world, with an exciting morning of house work and food shopping, followed by an even more exciting evening at work. It's fair to say reality will hit with a bang. Night all.