On Tuesday, we headed to the Grand Canyon. Grandma and I stayed on a shuttle bus for an hour while Jack slept. Meanwhile, Mike headed into the canyon with a couple of my second cousins. He snapped these shots on his way down and up.
The Grand Canyon was beautiful, although I feel we didn't see much. A person needs to arrive early in the morning to catch most of it or come back a second day.
According to Mike, it's tradition to stack a pile of rocks once you've been down to the canyon, so here's his pile.
The Grand Canyon is beautiful and surreal. The foreground looks real while the background almost looks like a painting in one of those old musicals. Simply amazing.
We headed back to Flagstaff that evening and headed to the Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument on Wednesday morning. It was a site my cousin and her family talked abouts seeing so we thought we'd check it out before heading back to Phoenix.
Tuesday and Wednesday were chilly days in the area. I wore a long sleeved shirt that I bought at the Grand Canyon.
None of my pictures do this place justice. The blackened lava reminded me of the island Mom and I visited during our trip to Hawaii.
Here's some information on the Sunset Crater: the volcano erupted in 1065 AD. There is evidence that the ancient Sinagua Indians were able to flee before it erupted. Archaeological digs revealed that the wood used in their structures had been stripped, perhaps taken with them as they fled.
From the Sunset Crater, we visited the Wupatki National Monument. My mission during the Arizona trip was to see the Indian ruins. On this trek, this was the only ruin we saw. After our time at this site, Mike was crabby and Jack was suffering a meltdown. Oh joy!
Ancient wood.
Ancient bird poop?
On our way back to Phoenix, we stopped at Slide Rock State Park in Sedona. It was cold and we were too chicken but there were plenty of other brave souls. The place is famous for its smooth rocks on which people slide. Jack stepped a toe in it. Of course, he would have liked to dunk his whole body in, but we'd had enough and headed back to Phoenix.
Last picture taken from: http://www.americansouthwest.net/arizona/sedona/slide_rocks.html
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