Road Trip: Phoenix

Well, technically we are in Phoenix today, but it is a million degrees here and even our host said that the best thing to do in Phoenix in the summer is go away, so we decided to drive to the Grand Canyon! It's three and a half hours each way, but neither of us had ever been and we didn't know when we'd have the opportunity again, so we figured we might as well go for it. It was totally worth it! It's hard to convey the scope and beauty in snapshots, but we did take a few. See if you can tell the difference between the first two pictures we took there:

If you guessed that while brushing those stray hairs out of my face I knocked my sunglasses off my head and into the canyon, you were right! They were cheap sunglasses so I'm not upset that they're lost, but I feel very guilty for littering in a national park.

We took a bunch of pictures as we walked around because everything was so gorgeous, but they all sort of look the same after a while, once we stopped losing accessories into the canyon.

Ben did take a cool panoramic shot with his phone, though:

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Also, they really don't want you to feed the wildlife there, which is understandable, but this sign basically says that if you feed the squirrels you will contract the plague, and that seems a bit severe.

We're back in Phoenix and will spend the evening hanging out with our friend, before heading off to LA  tomorrow!