The Grand Canyon

Let's camp on our trip, we said. It will save big dollars, we said. It will be fun, we said. 

Let's cook on our trip as much as we can, we said. It will save big dollars, we said. We can use charcoal when we camp, we said. It will be fun, we said. 

Let's buy an air mattress, we said. The youngsters will be fine with sleeping bags, we said. The parents deserve an air mattress, we said. It will be comfy, we said. 

Ever slept on a half full air mattress? It causes hilarious giggling when you're squished together at 4 in the morning (incidentally, that's also when 

the birds start singing in Arizona)

Let's visit the Grand Canyon, we said. It would be cool to go back where the parents went on their honeymoon, we said. 

Then and now.....

Also......

If everything went smoothly, we wouldn't have any good stories to tell, right?

In spite of the glitches, camping was fun. Our friendly RV neighbors let us cook breakfast at their campsite...

We slipped in and out of the air conditioned van to check out the sights...

And hung out at our campsite in the late afternoon breeze...

Until it was time for a cold supper and a hike down the canyon to watch the sun set...

Pictures do not do justice to the beauty!

Due to the heat and the fire ban, we decided to rearrange our schedule and camp only two nights, instead of three. So this morning was pack up time...

(The magician at work)

Until next time....