June 18, 2013
Currently waiting in line to get into the Grand Canyon State park. We drove a lot yesterday, all the way to Flagstaff. We ended up getting a cheap hotel off Route 66 and the guy who worked at the desk was a fellow Austinite. He had moved to Flagstaff just a few months ago to get more serious about mountain biking. Following his dream!
The Grand Canyon
Words fail to describe. Grand is even an understatement. This place is so powerful. One day I'll come back here and hike down into the canyon.
From the Grand Canyon we drove to Sedona, another unbelievably beautiful place. We drove down into a canyon with red rocks towering over us. As the light changes the rocks shift colors from shades of brown to shades of bright and deep red. At times the canyon walls look like they're on fire.
We stopped to ask someone about campsites and while Frank was talking to this guy I went off to take pictures. When I came back Frank was getting talked into some timeshare deal to stay in this really nice hotel for $30 ($15 a piece) if we showed up to the timeshare presentation the next day. We accepted his proposal and when we found the hotel it was on a cliff facing the big bright red rocks. I could have stared at the rocks changing colors forever, and maybe I would have found God in them.
After a while we decided to go explore Sedona, only to find everything closes super early. The streets were deserted, so... we occupied them. We started running barefooted and laughing all over the empty quiet town like children playing hide and seek on their neighborhood street. We never found anything open, but that doesn't matter. All is well.
The natural beauty of Sedona is extraordinary from any perspective, but the closer you get, the deeper your experience will be. Special Sedona guides can transport you through the physical landscape and into the heart of the wild. Let the spirits of the land speak to you.
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