Ah. the drive to AZ was really awesome. i really do like the western landscape. the huge mountains, the big sky, the rocks.
i really enjoyed this leg. there were a ton of hilarious little shops. one sign said "we have REDNECK FIGURINES!" i had to stop and pick out some little things for people.
the roadside attractions were getting better. Dinosaur museums. i hoped i'd pass the big dinosaurs that Pee Wee Herman did in that movie where he had to find his bike. i don't think i did, but there was a long stretch of road that did have big sculptures of dinosaurs by the side of the highway. they started out rather tame, but by the fourth or fifth one, it was pretty scary...big velocoraptor style dinosaurs taking down some kind of dino-prey and all bloody. i wish i could have taken pics of them.
So i'm on my way into Flagstaff, and i'm told that i can't not go to the grand canyon, since i'm right there and i've never been to it before. ok, i'm making decent time, so i tell my friends in P-nix, that i'll call them when i get to the GC and i'll see them later on that evening.
holy crap. how long does it take to get to the Grand Canyon? on the map, it looks like its *right there* crap. i'm feeling like a mix of Pee We herman (Again) all "wheres the Grand Canyon?" and like one of those stupid twats in a british chick lit novel, all "on the map, it looks like its so close to Flagstaff!" 5 hours later, and 8000 feet higher, i find the grand canyon. i have to go through a quaint little town, looks very ski resort and lodgey. 20$ to get in, and i just pull into the first lookout point that i come to. its already 4pm and the sun was kinda setting and it was getting late. so i take a few pics, mostly on my phone b/c my digicam's battery was dying. taking pics was hard b/c the sun was RIGHT in my face. i look very stressed out in the photos.
i have to admit, its pretty breathaking. and the weather was awesome. all cool and mountainey.
then i have to HAUL ASS to pheonix. i was impressed how my car did. i was running down mountains in pitch dark at like 90mph. i scared myself a bit b/c i was going so fast and it was so dark. AZ has laws against too many lights b/c they have so many observatories. finally i made it to my friends house.
i really enjoyed this leg. there were a ton of hilarious little shops. one sign said "we have REDNECK FIGURINES!" i had to stop and pick out some little things for people.
the roadside attractions were getting better. Dinosaur museums. i hoped i'd pass the big dinosaurs that Pee Wee Herman did in that movie where he had to find his bike. i don't think i did, but there was a long stretch of road that did have big sculptures of dinosaurs by the side of the highway. they started out rather tame, but by the fourth or fifth one, it was pretty scary...big velocoraptor style dinosaurs taking down some kind of dino-prey and all bloody. i wish i could have taken pics of them.
So i'm on my way into Flagstaff, and i'm told that i can't not go to the grand canyon, since i'm right there and i've never been to it before. ok, i'm making decent time, so i tell my friends in P-nix, that i'll call them when i get to the GC and i'll see them later on that evening.
holy crap. how long does it take to get to the Grand Canyon? on the map, it looks like its *right there* crap. i'm feeling like a mix of Pee We herman (Again) all "wheres the Grand Canyon?" and like one of those stupid twats in a british chick lit novel, all "on the map, it looks like its so close to Flagstaff!" 5 hours later, and 8000 feet higher, i find the grand canyon. i have to go through a quaint little town, looks very ski resort and lodgey. 20$ to get in, and i just pull into the first lookout point that i come to. its already 4pm and the sun was kinda setting and it was getting late. so i take a few pics, mostly on my phone b/c my digicam's battery was dying. taking pics was hard b/c the sun was RIGHT in my face. i look very stressed out in the photos.
i have to admit, its pretty breathaking. and the weather was awesome. all cool and mountainey.
then i have to HAUL ASS to pheonix. i was impressed how my car did. i was running down mountains in pitch dark at like 90mph. i scared myself a bit b/c i was going so fast and it was so dark. AZ has laws against too many lights b/c they have so many observatories. finally i made it to my friends house.
that day was a good 12 hours of driving. 12 hours. i now know that feeling of "just drive! just drive!!!!"
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