Friday, September 6, 2013

the grand canyon

Grand Canyon Saturday august 31 2013 We are travelling to texas right now, left the grand canyon this am. We have a 12 hr drive today . I had never been in New Mexico before so I am enjoying seeing some new scenery once again. Red rocky mountains and green brushy deserty landscape. Any way about the grand canyon. I had always dreamt of seeing it and finally we were driving close by with work so we had the chance to stop in. It is beyond words, majestic, marvelous, vast, gorgeous the list goes on. You stand at the edge and there is so much to look at you don’t know where to start. Pictures just do not do it justice. If any of you ever have the chance go see it for yourself!! I had imagined it to be deserty, hilly and rocky around the canyon but to our surprise it was a lush green forest of evergreens and relatively flat and the canyon is just a big hole in forest .high elevation so it was cold and rainy the days we were there. What a surprise the early explorers must have had, there is no warning , just all of a sudden a straight ledge down. We got there thurs aft after having travelled 15 hrs from California with a camper break down on the way. The leaf spring broke and we were out in the middle of nowhere, an hour and a half from any town. We got a brain wave to weld it together with our tools we carry for his work to get us to the town where there was a rv shop. It worked and got us there. God was with us, he let it get over cast so it wasn’t too hot in the desert while Derek was working on it and just as he was putting away the last of the tools it started raining. We stayed at a little rv park in a town just 15 minutes away from the canyon. The first aft we Went to the visitor center and seen the canyon film at the Imax . They gave you a pretty good idea of what it might feel like to fly through it or raft the rapids, makes you want to go and actually do it. Well the flying part, the rapids look a little rough though the dare devil in me would like to try it. Austin enjoyed it and never flinched through the loud noise, Arianna actually fell asleep through all the noise. She is doing so good now that I used the baby wise sleep method with her. We went to see the sunset at the canyon but got there a little too late. Oh well we still have 1 more day. Seen some elk and mule deer beside the road on our way into the park. Friday spent all day driving and touring the grand canyon. We were riding the shuttle bus and at the one stop Derek and I got separated. They run every 10 minutes so it was no big deal , I just waited on him at the next stop. Austin was heartbroken when he realized that the bus had left with me and Arianna on it. Then when Derek took the next bus and he didn’t see me on it he started sobbing again. Boy was he glad to see me at the next stop. He hadn’t had much of a nap so it didn’t take much to put him in tears. Sightseeing with babies and toddlers is a lot more work. Takes time and you caint go hike any old trail but we still had a great time seeing every thing. next time I want to hike to the bottom to see the river and really feel out the canyon’s inns and outs. This is one place we would come back to in a heartbeat. There was little gophers digging up holes around the camper so Austin had a hay day watching them and digging and covering their holes with dirt. He is really into digging and getting dirty right now!! Next week We work in texas with aprox 2 hr drive between jobs each day and then this cutting board project is all done. We have a month and half off and then head out on a new project beginning of November doing some new shelving etc for taco bell as they are starting to serve breakfast so they need to add some space to their food lines. That will take us through 2014 and into the beginning of 2015. We are getting a larger camper for that with an extra room in the back so that will be great with the children .

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