Leaving Las Vegas. 102 degrees. Pulled over 2 minutes after getting on the highway. (Oops! 82 > 65). Thank you for the warning, Officer Chen. Love you! Forgot how much I love Utah. Drove through beautiful Zion. Wish we could have stayed longer. Drove through Kaibab National Forest and saw wildfire devastation. Lost an hour in Utah. Gained it back in Arizona. Woohoo: more time at the Grand Canyon, aka one of my favorite places on earth!! I'd never seen it from the North Rim, and this was Jim's first rime visiting it at all. My last visit was on the Colorado river 11 years ago with my cousin Katie Dean (now Wida). I highly recommend seeing the canyon from below if you ever get the chance! After taking 5 of the 7 kids on a short hike to Bright Angel Point, we settled in for dinner at Grand Canyon Lodge with views of the sun setting over the canyon. An awesome experience (until Mary spilled a full glass of ice water on my lap. Actually, even that couldn't dampen my spirit!) A short drive north beyond the park was the beautiful, remote, sort-of-rustic home for the night: the Kaibab Lodge. We inherited a Molly and an Emily for the night, much to the delight of Master Daniel in particular. A good night's sleep (relatively) would see us through another day on our adventure.
You, speeding? I don't believe it. Oh wait...I remember caravan-ing to the Poconos and having to try to stay behind you. :)
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