Arizona

Remember last year when I said I was going to make my bud run the Grand Canyon next time? Well, I did it. Here he is all sweaty after running back up. …

It’s been a while since I last visited the Grand Canyon, and one thing I was upset about last time was that I didn’t get to go down. Sure, …

Goodbye Page, Arizona! We turned our car westward and southwards and headed towards the Grand Canyon. Originally we had planned to camp overnight at …

Pokin came back at 1:00pm and we met her at the gift shop. She looked pretty frazzled. “Place is nice, but my heart is pounding!” The way …

I mentioned we’d learned that the Antelope Canyon (which has an upper and lower section) isn’t publicly accessible. It’s on Navajo …

Today we took a few hour detour to stay in a small town close to the Grand Canyon along the northern border of Arizona. Along the way I got my first …

Last stop in the park was the Painted Desert, which is this massive expanse of stratified red stuff that covers several states. Supposedly it’s …

Did it. Too bad the full route’s been decommissioned.

Newspaper rock was a stop where you could look at well preserved petroglyphs. I don’t know why I was so excited but I was, so I ran out ahead of …

Ok they weren’t real ones, but apparently these types of dinosaurs roamed the region. I wish dinosaurs hadn’t gone extinct.

Next on our list was Crystal Forest. This place used to be the home of many petrified logs in a variety of colours. But the best looking ones were …

Our next stop was Agate Bridge, which involved backtracking 15 miles towards the entrance. This is the kind of smart planning that happens when …

So we got up early to go to Petrified National Forest. We were the only ones on the road and probably the first ones to the park…with the …

Nobody else in sight. That’s probably a sign we should have stayed in bed. The clock does not really say 6:10 AM does it?!

The cacti are plentiful in Arizona. I’d never seen cacti before, so we pulled over onto a dirt path on the side of the road to check them out. I …

Is Yuma, Arizona. And San Pedro de Atacama, Chile is the driest place on earth. And I’ve now been to both. Nailed it. I learned about this city …