On the road again...

So here a a few of the random sights from my drive up to the Grand Canyon on Wednesday.  There is absolutely nothing in the hour drive between Flagstaff and the canyon... and I do mean nothing... although this was the first time I had driven on a two lane road with a 65 MPH speed limit... and it still was not fast enough.

We were the only human beings in sight... So we kept driving...

... And driving...

... And driving as we were heading back south towards Flagstaff.  Here we were on US 180 just before we had to drive through the San Francisco Peaks...  Still no people to be found...

Overall it is about 90 Minutes from the valley to Flagstaff and then another hour from Flagstaff to the canyon... and then back again...  not too bad of a drive all things considered.  

Earth's Biggest Ditch

So on the day before Thanksgiving I was able to finally go see the Grand Canyon.  My friend Jenna and I undertook the 2 1/2 hour drive through nonstop rain (yes, it actually rained everywhere in Arizona for 2 days straight) to get to the Grand Canyon National Park.  We spent about 3 hours driving around the south rim and stopping off at various overlook points to get the pictures.  It was quite cold (about 40 degrees, which for us is now considered freezing) and very cloudy throughout the trip but we still managed to have a good visit and see some breathtaking scenery.

Here is the required "me in front of the Grand Canyon with British tourists behind me" picture:

In the middle of this picture you can see the Colorado River which continues to carve out the Grand Canyon to this day...

And finally, this picture was my favorite of the trip.  I took this at an overlook west of Grand Canyon Village with the sun peeking out through the clouds to highlight a small part of the canyon. It is now the new background image on my MacBook laptop.

More potential home pictures...

Ok, so I thought I would post some of the views from the inside....

Heres the inside of the foyer...

And then if you would turn to the right you would be looking at the living room...

And then if you turn around you'll see the dining room and the garage to the left and the kitchen to the right and the stairs straight ahead...

Here's the kitchen from the dining room...

Here's looking up at the stairs... waaaay up....

Could this be the one???

So I have been home browsing all over the valley for the last few months and I think I have finally found "the one."  It is a beautiful, brand new, 1500 square foot, 2 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom home with a huge 2 car garage and a lot of fantastic curb appeal...

I will definitely keep y'all up-to-date as I go through the home buying process here....