there's no place like home...
well, we made it, in one piece! and the car made it too! just barely...
we left my parent's house tuesday morning (originally we were planning to leave monday but W had some things to wrap up at work, so we stayed an extra day). we drove for almost 12 hours to tusayan, arizona, just outside the grand canyon. woke up bright and early wednesday to head over to the canyon. what a sight! it was beautiful, breath-taking, vast, stomach-turning...so much more incredible in person than any pictures or words could describe. it's hard to imagine a river did that! we drove along the road to all the little lookout points, not wanting a miss a thing. we came **THIS** close to hitting a HUGE deer, antlers and all, when we weren't paying attention to the road. luckily we were only going about 15 mph, and W slammed on the brakes and the deer was smart enough to run out of our way just in time! seriously, we were like millimeters from hitting it...scary!! the funniest part was when he jumped out of our way, he didn't continue on, he turned around and stared, no, glared, at us, as if to say "WTF?!" i was just trying to imagine the kind of damage an animal of that size would do to our little CRX!!!
on our way out of the park, W smelled oil, and we noticed that the car was leaking a bit. we pulled over at the gas station, and rusty was bleeding! heavily! W took a look under the car, and *dread* there was a hole in the oil pan! there was some uneven pavement along the road at the grand canyon, and we kinda drove over some rocky parts and scraped the underbelly of the car. the pavement hit at just the "right" spot on the oil pan and made a nice little hole. :( luckily, i have a very handy and prepared husband, who was able to patch up the hole (thank you JB Weld!!) and we were on our way. unfortunately, this little fiasco set us back about a little over an hour. but we would still make it home around 10:30pm. we wanted to visit the petrified forest and painted desert, recommended by L, but we didn't want to get home at midnight, so we just kinda looked for it from the freeway. we didn't see nothin'. you know, arizona actually was pretty nice at first, nice landscape, lots of trees...but after you pass flagstaff, it's pretty flat and boring. new mexico was worse (altho we did see an amazing sunset). albuquerque and santa fe looked like big cities, but after that, nothing. just straight up little towns and trailer trash. i can't imagine growing up in a place like that. (am i being too judgmental again?)
we finally got home just after 11pm, and it was the greatest site i'd ever seen! my city! my neighborhood! my house!!! i love it all...and most of all, i loved getting into my bed...in my bedroom...i've never been so happy to be home. :) home, sweet home.
here are a few pics from the grand canyon:
and one of our poor car...
and now, for the first time ever, all our vehicles are home, under one roof! wow.
well, we made it, in one piece! and the car made it too! just barely...
we left my parent's house tuesday morning (originally we were planning to leave monday but W had some things to wrap up at work, so we stayed an extra day). we drove for almost 12 hours to tusayan, arizona, just outside the grand canyon. woke up bright and early wednesday to head over to the canyon. what a sight! it was beautiful, breath-taking, vast, stomach-turning...so much more incredible in person than any pictures or words could describe. it's hard to imagine a river did that! we drove along the road to all the little lookout points, not wanting a miss a thing. we came **THIS** close to hitting a HUGE deer, antlers and all, when we weren't paying attention to the road. luckily we were only going about 15 mph, and W slammed on the brakes and the deer was smart enough to run out of our way just in time! seriously, we were like millimeters from hitting it...scary!! the funniest part was when he jumped out of our way, he didn't continue on, he turned around and stared, no, glared, at us, as if to say "WTF?!" i was just trying to imagine the kind of damage an animal of that size would do to our little CRX!!!
on our way out of the park, W smelled oil, and we noticed that the car was leaking a bit. we pulled over at the gas station, and rusty was bleeding! heavily! W took a look under the car, and *dread* there was a hole in the oil pan! there was some uneven pavement along the road at the grand canyon, and we kinda drove over some rocky parts and scraped the underbelly of the car. the pavement hit at just the "right" spot on the oil pan and made a nice little hole. :( luckily, i have a very handy and prepared husband, who was able to patch up the hole (thank you JB Weld!!) and we were on our way. unfortunately, this little fiasco set us back about a little over an hour. but we would still make it home around 10:30pm. we wanted to visit the petrified forest and painted desert, recommended by L, but we didn't want to get home at midnight, so we just kinda looked for it from the freeway. we didn't see nothin'. you know, arizona actually was pretty nice at first, nice landscape, lots of trees...but after you pass flagstaff, it's pretty flat and boring. new mexico was worse (altho we did see an amazing sunset). albuquerque and santa fe looked like big cities, but after that, nothing. just straight up little towns and trailer trash. i can't imagine growing up in a place like that. (am i being too judgmental again?)
we finally got home just after 11pm, and it was the greatest site i'd ever seen! my city! my neighborhood! my house!!! i love it all...and most of all, i loved getting into my bed...in my bedroom...i've never been so happy to be home. :) home, sweet home.
here are a few pics from the grand canyon:
and one of our poor car...
and now, for the first time ever, all our vehicles are home, under one roof! wow.
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