After Zion we travelled towards Arizona, red rocks, red sand and rocky areas continued, some volcanic. We stopped at Little Hollywood Movie Set Museum - the site of many, many western movies & TV shows - we wandered among the Wild West sets.
We drove thru the massive Navajo Indian Reservation seeing women selling their handicrafts along the hiway.
We are now based in Flagstaff, AZ - the Grand Canyon is spectacular! We spent the day there, hiking along the rim, in awe of the sheer size of it. Unfortunately there was a planned burn on the North Rim, so we were looking thru smoke a lot of the day. The canyon is 4000-5000 ft. deep, so hiking to the Colorado river is not a trek to be undertaken in just one day. We visited some ancient Anasazi ruins, drove along Desert View & climbed the Watchtower for more unbelievable views.
We have been browsing the shops in Flagstaff & admiring the Native artwork & crafts.
RVing is going well - we stay in Walmarts, rest stops & the occasional campground, the weather still freezes at night but up to 15-20C midday. We just opened an email from Jen & Adam, with pictures of Ty & Emma - these are still the best sights so far!
I'm loving the posts and photos, I try not to droll to much when I see that extra blue sky I think someone ran out of color when they were coloring in Terrace, and just had grey left. Fridays afternoon cheers to both of you.
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Beautiful pictures, especially that first one. Glad you guys are blogging this for us to follow along. I agree with Pat, loving the blue, we have nothing but white here, white sky, white yards, white roads, yup, a sea of white aka snow. PS. everytime you mention Walmart I giggle. Got to love the free concrete RV park.
ReplyDeleteIt is grey in Terrace and white in Dawson Creek so I feel compelled to add some color to these pictures. The Okanagan is also grey with the occasional fleeting flash of gold from the sunshine - emphasis on "fleeting". There is a lot of orange, red and yellow in the leaves on the trees and the grass is still green, but let's face it - it is November - or "Movember" if you are growing that facial hair. I'll bet that pension check was sweet. Lou
ReplyDeleteAdam definately gets his dare devilness from his father Lol!Good thing he has a nurse for a travelling partner! Love the pics! I showed them to Jen the other day when she was over and gave them my log-in so hopefully they will go in themselves. Will show Adam next time he's over, I'm sure he will have a chuckle over the tarantula one. Glad that someone is enjoying the sun! We have had rain(many inches), and a ferocious chinook that melted most of the 3ft of snow we had, but now we are under a heavy snowfall warning and have over a foot of the heavy wet stuff already! The Grand Canyon is an amazing site, wish we would have had more time to explore when we were there. Take lots of pictures for us. We are all off to the city this weekend(weather permitting)as Our neice Kim and Jen and Adam's friend Kayla both had their babies! One boy(Kim) and one girl(Kayla). Now we have a Ty and a Tyson in the family. Believe it or not Kayla named her girl Thea, all T names! Ttyl, safe travels
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