We had to see The Grand Canyon and then made our way to Denver via Cortez, CO and Alamosa, CO. We found The Grand Canyon to be aptly titled and decided to spend our day in the park hiking down into the canyon on the south rim side to Horse Shoe Mesa. Despite the abundance of safety warnings, we still managed to start our hike without half the equipment suggested, most importantly - enough water. The day was another blazer and the big problem with hiking into a ...

After spending some time in Joshua Tree National Park our next big destination was the Grand Canyon. In order to get there we made a stop in Phoenix for a night, spent a day walking through Red Rock Country and chilled out in the tiny little town of Jerome. We ended up passing through Phoenix very quickly, arriving fairly late at night and leaving again at the crack of dawn the next morning. None the less, we had a great time staying with Lori, a proud mother, s...