We were happy to leave Texas and it's extreme weather behind.
Next, we travel west towards the coast, but first we must travel through the desert.
Next, we travel west towards the coast, but first we must travel through the desert.
Bring it on New Mexico.
So we traveled west along the freeway 40 through miles upon miles of abandoned, dry wasteland looking desert. Dan kept mentioning to me that he couldn't believe that people actually traveled west in covered wagons through this terrain. Yeah, I'm pretty glad that we are traveling in our comfortable truck on paved roads thank you very much.
Anyway, we made it to the Kirkland Air Force Base after about 5 hours of driving and set up camp. Yep, we were in the southwest alright. The drought resistant landscape and varying shades of earth brown covered everything. I was afraid that maybe the weather would be hot but on the contrary, it was in the lovely 60's most days.
While we were in Albuquerque, we visited The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science where they had a kick-ass dinosaur exhibit. Our boys are really into dinosaurs right now, so it seemed like the natural choice.
While we were in Albuquerque, we visited The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science where they had a kick-ass dinosaur exhibit. Our boys are really into dinosaurs right now, so it seemed like the natural choice.
Here is the entrance to the dino exhibit. The boys won't look at the camera.
The boys under some GIANT dinosaur bones.
Daniel is giving me the thumbs up. He likes the museum.
Again, the boys won't look at me, but are super excited to see this sea dinosaur.
We also drove through Musical Road and heard the song play. It was kinda cool. We enjoyed New Mexico and when it was time to leave it was hard to leave our little home we made while we were there. It's like that when we stay some place for two weeks or longer.
The drive through Arizona was completely different. The landscape changed as soon as we crossed the border.
Here is the approaching Arizona border.
This is right before the Arizona Welcome Center.
I loved the train against the mesas. Very southwest.
We arrived in Williams, Arizona (just outside of Flagstaff) in the afternoon and set-up our trailer. We were here to visit my Uncle Danny and Aunt Char. They have a lovely ranch style home here in beautiful Williams. Until I began looking for accommodations, I had no idea that we would basicly be staying right outside The Grand Canyon. Bonus!
Tomorrow, we would visit with my family and then the next day, we would be going to see The Grand Canyon.
So we went to my Aunt and uncle's house for dinner and it was great. My uncle Danny BBQ'd chicken, steak and short ribs. I really missed my families BBQ No one can BBQ like the Trevino's. We talked, ate and relaxed. Wonderful. I missed my family so much and now I'm really excited to see the rest of my family in San Diego.
My Uncle Danny and Dan talking after dinner.
After a restful night, we dared to make the 30 minute drive o The Grand Canyon. Here is the gate to get in. This was the second time we got to utilize Dan's free national park pass. The entry was completely free. Sweet!
After finding parking, we walked to the visitors center, checked the map, then headed to the viewing area. It's crazy! We just walked a few feet and BAM! There was The Grand Canyon. Super accessible.
The boys hanging on the rail.
Look at that view
Gorgeous!
Long way down!
Family picture outside the visitors center.
We had a lovely time visiting The Grand Canyon and we were super fortunate that it wasn't the busy tourist season. Dan told me that he came here once before hoping to see The Grand Canyon but the line of cars were so long, there was no way he could get in.
We were acctually planning on leaving Williams today and travel to Yuma for the last stop before arriving in San Diego, but there was a serious wind advisory that made the drive unsafe today. That's ok we'll leave tomorrow.
We knew it was going to be windy, but we didn't expect SNOW!
I had to pull out my snow gear to walk to the front office to pay for another night.
The next post will be from SAN DIEGO baby!
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