Grand Canyon and etc.

June 21, 2018

We took a little road trip over to Arizona a few weeks ago. Drove to Grand Canyon and camped a few nights. Stopped by Antelope Canyon and then finished in Vegas for a couple of nights.

It's about a 7-8 hour drive to Grand Canyon. We took one stop, driving about 3-4 hours each time.  There were no issues with the girls during the car ride (hooray!). I think the TV really helps. Dumbo was on repeat with a little Frozen and Moana here and there. Oh and the weather in Grand Canyon turned out great. I was concerned it would be too hot, but it was mid to high 80's during the day and it dropped down to 40's at night. We stayed at the Mather's Campground. Lots of elk walking around and tons of birds trying to steal your food. The girls had a blast playing with dirt and watching the elks. We did a couple of hikes and Erin was a rock star and finished an almost 2 mile hike on her own! Grand canyon is quite the sight. It's amazing how vast it is...pretty dang breathtaking. The girls were pretty easy during the camping portion. We had one rough night (Ava wanting to share a cot with me (tiny cot), it being cold at night, and Erin complaining about her knee), but in general the girls did well and it wasn't all too challenging. It's definitely getting easier traveling with them.

Before getting to Vegas, we stopped by Antelope Canyon to take the canyon tour. We took the lower Antelope Canyon tour. Girls were more interested in the sand than the actual canyon itself. The tour took a total of about an hour. You don't walk too much. A lot of the time was spent waiting for people to take pictures and move ahead. Antelope Canyon is significantly hotter than Grand Canyon, but since we were inside the canyon where it was nice and shaded, it wasn't too hot. The girls walked the entire time. They had fun climbing the ladders themselves. One last stop we took was at Horseshoe Bend. It's only a 3/4 mile hike to the view point, but it was the hike of death. It was over 100 degrees and no shade in sight. Hard to enjoy the view when there was no escape from the heat. We probably looked a little strange dragging the girls with us. Ken ended up carrying both of them to and from.

Vegas was the nice ending to our little road trip (no pictures, whoops). It was nice to take a proper shower/bath and just relax. We didn't have much planned so we just took it easy. We ate a lot of food and spent some time at the pool. A few highlights from Vegas:

The Oyster Bar - Palace Station Hotel: Ken went out to pick it up around 10:00 pm. Took him about 1.5 hours to get. He brought it back to the hotel for us to eat together. He got the combo pan roast and the clam chowder. So good!
Momofuku  - Cosmopolitan Hotel- We just ordered a couple of the pork belly buns to go. Pork was nice and thick and I very much enjoyed.


























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