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This is a small selection of our USA Holiday from Cape Coral, Florida to Las Vegas Nevada

One of the 'nodding donley' oil wells in Texas.
Vince says they produce 25 barrels a day - not bad.
And no, Neither Isobel of I felt that
our stomachs could manage it
We passed hundreds like this. Tough if you were told to
shut the gate - the drives were 5 miles long !
This is the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Santa Fe
doesn't look it from the front but it's huge.
The Alamo. Based in the centre of San Antonio Texas.
Very disappointing tourist trap.
Me in my hunting outfit
Just short of a gun.
We left Florida in shorts & T shirts.
Didn't quite expect this in Santa Fe
New Mexico is famous for the chillies is produces. One of the most spectacular views of the holiday.
The Rio Grande river.
Chief Sitting Bull is in the one on the left
 
One of the spectacular hotels in Las Vegas
New York, New York
Not the best picture but this is the
Painted Desert in Arizona
A juvenile night heron at the
Ding Darling Wildlife refuge, Florida
Another of the hotels in Vegas The petrified forest.
Absolutely fascinating
Isobel just couldn't resist visiting the M&M
shop in Las Vegas
The famous spiral staircase in Santa Fe. Reputedly build for the Nuns
by an anonymous carpenter who then disappeared !!??
Southern Arizona Cactus
The Grand Canyon. And no, we didn't get to the bottom! The red rock of Sedona, Texas One of the inhabitants near the Grand Canyon
This is the new bridge being built over the Hoover Dam on the
Colorado river. Lots of security here.
New York, New York again in Vegas Dem Cotton Fields need picking
Northern Texas

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