Snow in Arizona?

Our last National Park destination was Grand Canyon National Park.  It was about a three hour drive to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon on Tuesday morning.  The North Rim is the less-visited side of the canyon, so the crowds are few and the view is better because the elevation is 1000 feet higher.  We set up camp and set out to enjoy an express visit of this park since we only had one day.  We took a nice drive to several different overlooks at the edge of the canyon that allowed views from 9000 feet above sea level.  The size of the canyon was amazing, but I think our biggest surprise was that it was COLD!  We were not anticipating Arizona in May to be so chilly, but we never took into account how high the elevation was.  It was also a nice surprise that the North Rim is in a pine forest and is much more scenic then we had thought. 

We called it an early night knowing that we were going to get up early and start our long drive home.  On Wednesday we drove 900 miles and made it all the way to a Texas State Park East of Amarillo.  While driving through Texas that night we saw one of our favorite BBQ places (Rudy’s) and decided to stop and get some dinner to go.  The warm Texas night, Texas country music, and of course the amazing brisket was a great welcome home for us. 

Today we woke up and headed out to complete the final portion of our drive home.  We are about three hours from home and planning one final blog entry to summarize the trip.  Stay tuned for our Top 10 moments of the trip!