The Grand Canyon is by far my favorite National Park that I
have ever been to. Every time I see the view, it takes my breath away. It’s almost not even real. The vast
space and just the whole concept that this had been created by nature over
millions of years. Ale and I were just awe-struck the entire time we were
there. For those of you who watch
Parks and Recreation, we only felt that Ron Swanson’s quote was appropriate
here: “Crying, acceptable at funerals and the Grand Canyon.”
We entered the park from the east entrance and drove along Desert View Drive. We stopped the first chance we got and I captured Ale’s Kodak moment on video from when she first saw the Grand Canyon. Money shot!
Now, since I knew it was Memorial Day weekend, I went ahead
and made reservations a few days earlier. When I made the reservations online,
everything was already booked except for 2 equestrian campsites. I figured… Eh,
I’m sure we can camp there, even if we don’t have horses. Apparently not! When
we showed up, the NPS Ranger asked us where our horses were… And then he showed
me the blatant disclosure on the reservation written in bold red font that said
they could refuse the reservation if we showed up without horses. I seriously
thought he was kidding… Well, as luck has it, they had only 8 campsites left
and we got one. FEWF!
After setting up our tent for the LAST time together (I had
to practice how to do it alone so I could manage after Ale left), we went on
the free shuttle tour and took a number of memorable candid shots. Check them
out here!
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| The Grand Canyon |
That night, we had another repeat of hot dogs and s’mores,
which shockingly, I am not sick of yet. Who get sick of hot dogs?! In the
morning we got some breakfast to
go and ate at the Watch Tower which was created by Mary Colter, who also
designed the buildings at Hermit’s Rest and Phantom Ranch, which is at the
bottom of the canyon. On our drive out of the Grand Canyon, we spotted a herd
of Elk! A wonderful grand finale to an incredible trip with Ale!!! And then off
we were to spend our last night in Las Vegas baby!
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