Las Vegas, Nevada to Good Old NZ

We left Vegas at 9.30am, with at 4.5 hr drive to LA, even though our flight wasn't until 10:30pm.  The guy at the time share thing said the good traffic window in LA was between 10am and 3pm, so we though we'd play it safe and make sure we didn't get any hiccups on the way.
So we drove through heaps more desert, although it got slightly more greener the closer we got to LA.

There was a lot of traffic on the roads, but it was moving quite fast, not too many hold ups.  We were going a bit slow in LA, but we moved in to the car pool lane (2 or more people required in the car), and then we were racing again.  Which is crazy, because all those other cars only have one person in them!

This was a very clear piece of the interstate.  The roadways are so good (as long as you take the right exit), you can move from one freeway to another very easily.  The state of the roads sometimes isn't so good though, sometimes you are bumping along for miles.  I think it is because of the extremes of temperature they have, especially up north, it is freezing in winter and cooking in summer, and the roads just buckle up.
Anyway, we made to Hertz in 4.5 hours, which was due to Richards good navigation.  He understood the Navman better than me, so I drove and he told me where to go.  Less stress all round.We were very sad to say good bye to our Mustang.  It was a great car, we had no problems at all, and managed to get it back in one piece.
So we had a really really long wait at the airport, but we were in the Air NZ lounge, so that made waiting a lot more pleasant.  Richard upgraded me to business class!!  So now I really know how the other half live.  Very nice! Glass of champagne when you get to your seat, seat in the reclining position  at take off if you want, flash meals ordered off a menu, seat that turns in to a full stretch out bed.  That's the life!

Here is Richard and I having dinner together on the plane.  How mad is that!
We both got about 7 hours sleep, which I have never done in economy.  So I don't know if flying business class is worth all that money, but it definitely makes the trip a lot easier.