Summer vacation has been very good to me so far. I came up to Flagstaff to spend a week with my family, so I could attend my niece's third birthday party. How did she get to be three already!?! On Tuesday I was getting a little stir crazy, which for those of you that know me is no surprise.
The following conversation is what happened between my brother and I:
Me: I NEED TO DO SOMETHING!
Jimmy: You are doing something. Mo, you are relaxing and recharging.
Me: But I am just sitting. Maybe I should go to the Grand Canyon, Sedona, or someplace equally touristy.
Jimmy: I'll take Thursday off and go with you to the Grand Canyon.
Neither of us have been to the Grand Canyon since elementary school field trips and when you're an hour and a half away that is a bit silly. Thursday morning arrived and Jimmy said, "Did you research it?" To which I responded, "I know how to get there. We'll be fine." As I laughed in glee and rubbed my hands together like an evil genius. He's never done an adventure with me.
My plan is:
1.) decide where you are going- this time the Grand Canyon
2.) figure out how to get there- picked the route of the three that seemed to feel right
3.) decide what time to leave and get home- NBA finals at 6pm, so we needed to be home to watch
And off we went...hitting the road. As we drove through the pines surrounding Flagstaff while looking at the San Francisco Peaks I was reminded how beautiful this place really is.
As we approached the Grand Canyon there was an airport to the left with a helicopter lifting off. Jimmy said, "I'm really going to have to do a helicopter tour of the Grand Canyon one day."
Me, "Let's check it out!" as I made a sharp left into the parking lot with no blinker and that's how we made a 2:00pm reservation for a helicopter tour over the Grand Canyon.
(Part two will have all the pictures from the trip)
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