It started with a cancelled service trip. Our family was slated to serve at a camp in Oregon for students with special needs and their families. We cleared the week, and made the arrangements to be away. Then the trip fell through. Not wanting to waste precious time off, or an opportunity for quality time with Ella before she flies from the nest, but also wanting to stay on budget and not fly, I came up with, what ended up being, a pretty spectacular Plan B! We spent a week touring the Southwest on a grand road trip. We drove 30 hours, hiked 23.5 miles on 10 hikes, crossed into 3 states, explored 2 national parks, slept in 4 different beds, took 350 pictures, and made countless new family memories. This week I'll start the record of all this on the blog. Brace yourself, this was a visual trip! We saw so many breathtaking sights, my picture sharing will be generous! ;)
Our first stop on this road trip was Page, Arizona. And one of the first things we did here was tour the iconic Antelope Canyon. The rock walls in this area are made of impressionable sand. When the flash floods that are so common to this desert area during monsoon season roar through these cracks in the earth, the water carves the most magnificent twists and turns in the walls. To walk through is to be in awe of the rock formations, the light beams streaming in, the cooler temperatures, and the vibrant warm color pallet. It was one of the things we were most looking forward to and it did not disappoint! Our guide knew the 10 of us in our group were there to take pictures, so he patiently waited as we got all the aesthetic shots we wanted (the girls were super into posing in here! ;) and even showed us some cool tricks!
Can you see? It's a spotlight! And of course Delia is in it!
Though every stop on our trip gave us Extreme Heat Advisories, our day in Arizona was one of our hottest. Nothing was better than the after-canyon-hike smoothies and 2 hour swim we took in the perfectly refreshing and gorgeous Lake Powell!
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