Big Road Trip: Day Twelve and Thirteen

Blah.  Sorry, I had a crazy busy weekend and yesterday I felt mainly like all the energy had been sucked out of me....so no blogging got done. And I hate this time change. 

So where were we?  Oh yes, Yellowstone National Park.

When we leave there, we hit the edge of Salt Lake City, Utah, and then head East through Colorado. 

Salt Lake City, home to supposedly awesome skiing and Mormons.  I am neither a skier nor a Mormon.  But I'm much more likely to throw myself down a snowy mountain strapped to a thin piece of plastic than I am to join the Mormon church...so I'll probably just take pictures of the mountains while we're there.

I have only been through a small little corner of Colorado, and I've been told that it's a beautiful place so I thought it might be a little more interesting than the other route options. 

Grand Junction, Colorado

Somewhere near Denver, Colorado

Big Road Trip: Day Eight

On Day Eight, we will continue on Hwy 101 up the Oregon coast.  There are a lot of neat little places to stop and see things...

Paul Bunyan and his ginormous blue bull.

....along with even more beautiful views of the coast. 

 If we have enough time, we will hopefully make a trip inland for a bit to see the Multnomah Falls in the Columbia Gorge.

Big Road Trip: Day Three and Four

Day 3, as I explained before, will be spent driving.  It will be the longest driving day in the trip.  It is the big push to get us out of "The South" and into "The West".  We will drive from San Antonio to Tucson, AZ.

Now, I am not a hot weather person.  Anyone who knows me at all can tell you that.  But I love Arizona.

It is hot.  Very, very hot.  But it's completely different from the heat we have over here in the Southeast.  You don't feel as....stifled? I guess is the term I'm looking for.  Even at temperatures over 100 degrees in Arizona, I can still breathe and I don't feel as claustrophobic as I do when the temperatures hit anywhere above 80 degrees here. 

And Arizona is beautiful.  In this strange and barren way, it is one of the prettiest places in the US.

So I'm looking forward even to the driving part of this day's trip up through Arizona.

We will be ending this day at the Grand Canyon.  I honestly can't even describe the Grand Canyon to you.  It's one of those things that you kinda know is going to be really cool.....and then you actually see it and it completely takes your breath away. 

This is Havasu Falls....I'm hoping to get over to this if time allows. (I think it will)

 
So.  That's Day Three and Four.  I really really really can't freaking wait for this trip.