Keeping up with the Bragassas: Some Big Hole in the Ground

On Friday, we kind of had a little bit of a rough start. We got up early to go and eat breakfast downstairs and to take Vida for a little walk only to realize that Brian's sinus pain and congestion was only getting worse. After breakfast, we made the decision to go to an acute care clinic in Flagstaff to see if they could give him anything for his ailment. While he was at the doctor's office, Vida and I went to a park and I let her play for quite a while until Brian called and said he was ready. The doctor told him he had a sinus infection and gave him some antibiotics to make him feel better. After lunch time, Brian said he still wanted to go see some famous big hole in the ground, aka the Grand Canyon.

We packed up the car and drove the hour and a half to Grand Canyon National Park. The drive to the park was absolutely beautiful! We went up through the mountains and had some awesome views! Once we got to the park, we decided to purchase the $80 National Park entrance pass so that we can use it for any park in the country...we won't live very far from a few out in California. Grand Canyon National Park was huge! We were visiting the south rim of the canyon, which is the most visited part. As we were driving through the park, we were wondering where this huge canyon was, when all of a sudden we looked to our left and it looked like the ground just got swallowed and it disappeared. We were driving along side this huge, gaping hole - the vastness of this canyon is just indescribable, I guess that's what it's called The Grand Canyon. We quickly pulled over in a small parking lot and just stared in awe! I have been here before but it's just so amazing! In some areas, you can walk right up to the ledge and just look down into the abyss. My knees get a little shaky just thinking about it (I'm not a huge fan of heights). After we took millions of pictures, we drove to the visitors center and walked along the rim on a trail. The rim trail was about two miles long total and it took us about 3 hours to do because we kept stopping and looking at all the views. There were tons of tourists...in fact, I would say the majority of the people there were foreign. We couldn't believe how many people from around the world were there! Brian said he saw just enough of the Grand Canyon to make him want to come back and hike it so if anyone else is interested, we might have to plan a trip!!

After The Grand Canyon, we stopped to get some ice cream and then made our way back towards Flagstaff. On our way back, we noticed the beautiful sunset behind us, so we pulled over and took some pictures. We were literally in the middle of nowhere! I've never heard absolute silence like I did right there! The only sounds that we could hear were some cows mooing in the distance, but other than that, there was nothing. It was so beautiful! On the drive home, an elk ran in front of us - thank goodness Brian saw it or it could have seriously messed up the car and hurt us! After a long day, we made it back to Flagstaff and we were pooped! We were both excited though about our trip to Las Vegas the next day though!