The Grand Canyon is SO Grand

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!