It has been too long since I last updated the blog. Brian’s last four days home were several
weeks ago and they were spent so well. He
has been home since then, for a quick one day break. He was excited that he only had to go six days
without a shower, his bed, and a good meal rather than sixteen days.
The crew was quickly called back out to Colorado and he has spent about a week there and then headed straight to Wyoming. He is so happy to finally be out of Arizona
and north of New Mexico! He has
officially decided that Arizona is his least favorite state, for several
reasons. I can’t blame him though, not
only were there temperatures over 100 degrees everyday, he was near fire! Although, as soon as he came back from the fire
roll in Arizona, we headed to visit Flagstaff and then the Grand
Canyon (which are both in Arizona). Poor
guy. He didn’t mind though, he was so
excited to take me to see the incredible GC.
On our way to Flagstaff we saw a sign for a
Meteor Crater… WE HAD TO SEE IT. We pulled off the exit and drove the short
five miles only to find out you had to go on a lengthy tour and it was not
cheap. We are wondering how someone gets
to claim a meteor crater and charge people fifty bucks each to take a tour? Either way, we decided to pass. I was so bummed, but Brian
reassured me that what we were about to see was going to be way better; he was
right.
The Geeps leading the way to the Crater!
Neither of us had been to Flagstaff before and we really
loved it. We walked around downtown and then
had a nice dinner at a restaurant that came highly recommended to us from one
of the locals; it was fabulous!
Some pictures of Flagstaff...
A church made out of lava rock. It was so neat.
Filming a movie... we watched for a while and are wondering if we will ever see it in theaters!
The next day we ventured to the South rim of the Canyon. I knew it would be beautiful, but it exceeded
my expectations! It is the most amazing thing
I have seen yet. It really does take
your breath away. I wanted to hike down
into the Canyon, but since we were only spending the day there we decided to do
the ultimate tourist visit and walk along the paved path of the South rim and
admired God’s immaculate creation. We
got risky and hiked down to a few rock ledges but we made sure they were not
ones that would break off while we were casually trying to take pictures (we
heard a tour guide say that it happens).
Even though Brian has been there before he loved seeing it again. I wish I could explain how truly amazing it
is, but no matter what I say about it, it does not do it justice. Seeing the Grand Canyon is something everyone
should do!
A few pictures of our adventure.
My first look at the GC. AMAZING.
A ledge we walked out on to.
These ones make us laugh!
BEAUTY.
This is just a small glimpse of our amazing trip to the GC. Even though our trip was short, it was well worth the drive. We enjoyed our mini vacay and look forward to our next adventure!
