Day 2
I woke up a little before my alarm and took a quick bath before heading out at 5:00am to drive back to to the Grand Canyon and catch Sunrise. I was surprisingly refreshed for that early in the morning, but the crisp cool air and excitement made it easy. I drove for an hour. Entered the park for $25 and headed to Mather's Point. There were a group of Japanese tourists there and I enjoyed over hearing their conversations. One was even bad mouthing the "gaijin".
The Grand Canyon was beautiful even before sunrise. The early mornings of dawn made the cliff sides illuminate in shades of blues and greys. Words can not describe the size of the gorges. It truly is a magnificent sight!
When the sun peaked over the horizon the cliffs sung with colors of orange and yellow. One of natures most beautiful sights! Well worth the early morning rise. I sat there for about an hour and walked around taking in the view before I headed back out of the park and to the Hotel to sleep for another 2 hours.
At 11am I checked out and hit the road again. Outside of Flagstaff was Sunset Crater and I decided I had the time to stop and take in the view. It was $5 to enter and then I drove for a while not knowing what to expect when I saw miles of volcanic rocks. It was pretty amazing to see volcanic rocks to close up for miles and miles. I drove up and checked out the volcanoes and then headed to Sunset Crater where it was so quiet I could hear the wind rustle between the trees. The view and experience was breath taking.
On the same grounds was an old city ruins and I decided to go and check it out. It was an old Indian city full of buildings and rooms made of rocks and history. I went to the look out and imagined what it might have felt like hundreds of years ago when they lived there. The walk down into the ruins didn't look as far as the city of Pompei so I decided to take a walk down. I walked for about 45 minutes before heading back up. It made me feel like I was connected to history.
I got back into the car sweating and hot before I started back on my path to Albuquerque, New Mexico. The drive was beautiful and filled with cliffs, mountains and desert. I really enjoyed today's drive.
I spent the night in a La Quinta hotel ($100 for a night) taking a bath, organizing my finances, and watching TV before I went to bed about Midnight.
2 comments:
Hi Monica from Yoshi
It sounds nice that you are going on a trip. I have been to Grand Canyon but not sunrise or sunset. Quiet in the morning, driving with many many good view, I can imagine how much you spend a good time.
You cut your haie really short, good on you and younger than before, don't you think so.
Geez, hotels aren't cheap are they?!
Where's a Toyoko Inn when you need one?!
I can't wait for you to post a tonne of photos on Facebook or something....
You shoulda spoken Japanese to those tourists!
Sounds great so far! Although, these tourist attractions are expensive!
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