We dropped Amy off in Burbank last night at her roommates home. They were off to Las Vegas for the weekend and we were off to the Grand Canyon. Our trips so far have been pretty uneventful except for a bit of severe weather; first in New Hampshire with snow and then when we entered CA on Saturday evening with a crazy wind & rain storm. We finally had a little mishap with the car. We stopped to fill up with gas west of Flagstaff before heading up to the Canyon and found that we had a really bald tire on the front of the car. Knowing we were going where there were not going to be many facilities we decided we better do something – $300 later we have two brand new front tires, not a bad price considering we have these fancy 18″ low profile tires (Thanks Dennis!) and we were in Flagstaff, AZ. After getting new tires we headed up the mountain and before we could get to the entrance the road is blocked by police, apparently there was some kind of Police Activity and the road was closed! I am starting to think that we were not meant to see the Grand Canyon. We tried to see it 25 years ago and when we got to the Rim it was snowing so hard you could not even see 5 feet. Finally the police cleared the road – never did find out what the problem was, and we got to the park around 4 pm – not much time but it was worth it. $25 later and we got some amazing photos and memories.
On the ledge
Paul loves heights!
One of 3
Nature within steps of the path
Last of the daylight views
Amazing colors
Waiting for Sunset
Grand Canyon at Sunset
The Grand Canyon is every bit as amazing as I imagined it and someday we may even get to spend enough time to hike into the canyon and see what the view from below looks like.