I spent half of the holiday here in Seattle and the other half in Arizona.
In retrospect, we should not have spent so much time in the car. We were all tired and slept in every morning, something that left us running to catch the sun before it disappeared behind the red rocks.
One of Arizona's major attractions is Grand Canyon. Both Christer and I had been there before, but it was time to show Zoe and Irene, and since Zoe has been studying rocks in school we thought it would be a good idea to explore the Grand Canyon area.
The Grand Canyon is an amazing place and the view is spectacular. However, it has changed tremendously since I was there 21 years ago. I strongly recommend avoiding the Visitor's Center and head east or west to have the views to yourselves. Read up on the history and explore on your own.
The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long and between 4 and 18 miles (6.4 to 29 km) wide. It feels like it goes on forever.
Even though the sun was nice and warm, there were patches of snow here and there.
After a long day in the car, it was time to head south to Flagstaff to get some sleep.
hello
ReplyDeletei am not on facebook anymore but remembered you had this blog. do you have an email address
hope you enjoyed xmas and happy new year. we are all fine here
love Maria
Maria,
ReplyDeleteI have sent you an e-mail. Hope that I have the right address. Let me know if you don't get any.
Kicki