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The GRAND CANYON
After waking up at 6am at a truck stop off of I-40, it was time to hit the road, again. We crossed Albuquerque at morning rush hour and through Gallup, New Mexico. Once into Arizona, we took the scenic route into the Navajo Nation Indian Reservation. Of course, this lengthened our time by about an hour since the route was hilly and slow going in a motorhome! And let me tell you something…the landscape is something little to be desired (for me that is). Once you’ve seen hills covered in sage brush and small trees, what else is there to see? Oh yeah…the Grand Canyon. Right!! However, I must tell you about Tuba City, Arizona. The quote of the day is this, “if I owned a music store in Tuba City, I’d make sure to have tubas in stock,” said Mr. Hengen. It is a small town, but it does have a Wal-Mart, McDonalds and other important stores to survive.
We arrived at the Canyon roughly about 600pm, that is we rolled through the gates, paid for an annual pass to not only the Grand Canyon, but Yellowstone National Park, Glacier National Park and Denali National Park. Heck, for $80 we thought it was a good deal!
As we entered the park from the East entrance, we stopped at Desert View first. We walked up the Watchtower and saw breathtaking views of the canyon! It was phenomenal. I did get a little bit dizzy looking down the canyon. Of course, my boys wanted to throw rocks over the side. We found our campground, made dinner and roasted marshmellows. Smores are delicious. When was the last time you had a smore? Eat one, it’s good.
Tomorrow, we’ll explore and take a sunset tour and hope for a gorgeous sunset with beautiful skies. Until next time.
By the way, for all of sweating in North Carolina…the low tonight is 37 degrees and the humidity is 16 percent. Nice.
Comments
By DAWNDOLYNN
June 19, 2008 4:11 PM | Link to this
Charly-I know your really missing Oklahoma already… Keep us posted!!! This is a great way to see the world through your eyes!! BON VOYAGE!!!
By Heather
June 20, 2008 6:33 PM | Link to this
I just read about you doing the blog in the paper today. I’m so glad to see that all of you are doing so well and the views sound awesome. I can only imagine joey though looking over the grand canyon saying “mommy how’d that hole get there? Why mommy?” Well good luck and safe driving. Heather from daycare