Arizona Day 2 Grand Canyon

We woke up in our trailer this morning and didn't realize that the heat had been turned off, so naturally we didn't turn it on. It was about plus 1 degree Celsius this morning, we were damn cold, and had to search for a thermostat. It gets dark around 5 o'clock here and it gets cold. Not what I was expecting at all for Arizona.  The parent in-laws came over around 8ish this morning, and we were on the road at about 8:30.

Now I was told that it would take around three hours to get to the Grand Canyon from Mesa Arizona, and I was prepared for that sort of drive, I mentally prepared myself for it. I have to say while we were out driving it does not make logical sense for there to be orange trees and cactus to be growing in the same area, but there it was, living proof of my misconceptions.

The 6 and a half hour drive to the Grand Canyon, I drove the whole way and I had very numb ass cheeks. Much longer than I was told, and I was not mentally prepared for it, but I did it with a smile because I am a trooper, OK maybe a little cranky trooper.

Here I am at the Grand canyon, after I got some sensation back in my feet.

|I didn't know what to expect from the Grand canyon, other than it was grand, and it was, but it was also cold as a polar bear's nutsack. See that on the ground behind me? That is snow, in Arizona. I did not want to lower my hoodie for the pic, and I was wearing long underwear.

I have to say I wasn't all that impressed, it had beautiful scenery and incredible views, but it was so large that it didn't seem real, it looked as though the background was painted. Plus I am an inherent snooper, but there was no way in hell I was going past the boundary fence in this place, and I wasn't going to pay for a 3 day hike to the bottom either, even if I were alone.

We got a hotel room in Williams, a small town about thirty miles from the canyon, my wife bartered the clerk from 91 dollars to 61 dollars and upgraded our rooms to king size beds for the same price. God love her.

Tomorrow we are off to a town called Sedona the in laws recommended it. Tomorrow is another day.

Scott Goerz