Grand Canyon

 

Uh-oh. Steph showed me Picasa. Sorry kids.

 

We live two hours away from the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Maybe two and some change. But still...four years down the road, and we're just barely making it to our local slice of one of the world's wonders? Funny how that works out sometimes. We wanted to go before our pass expired at the end of October. And it was beatiful, perfect weather. This little stinker would not smile or hold still for my signature mommy shot with Grand Canyon backdrop.

 

We stayed in these dorm-room-sized cabins at Jacob Lake that the kids fell in love with. Unlike Zion, it was not a get-your-hands-dirty type of hiking weekend, but more of a park-and-look-park-and-look-park-and-eat type of a weekend. It's just so massive. I hear, however, that the South Rim is where to go for more of that kind of thing. And of course Havasupi is still on our list of things to do before we die. We threw in some random spice too: Bryson climbed a huge lookout tower with Ella, we dropped by Pipe Spring National Monument on our drive home. And now, since Bryson is headed up north today for a chunk of the week, here is a we'll miss you picture for him if he reads this...