Grand Canyon (Only 2 months late!)

I know, I know, it's been forever. However, I'm really going to try and get this thing updated this week.. so look for LOTS of posts between now and Saturday (hopefully!)..

After our 4 day stint in Sedona, we headed up to the Grand Canyon for one evening. It was amazing and breathtaking as always:



We enjoyed the day staring at the canyon and then had an amazing dinner at one of the restaurants there on the South Rim. On our way out of dinner, we looked up and to our amazement, there were elk standing less than 15 feet away! Freaked us out a bit! We sat there and watched them for a while and they just seemed content to chomp away on the grass and didn't notice any of us humans milling around. So I braved a picture or two:





Then we heard a rustling behind us and we looked around and saw an entire raccoon family foraging for food in the garbage can..





It was like we were right in the middle of Animal Planet or something!! Then as we turned back around we saw a shadow moving behind the elk and then race across the parking lot. It looked almost the size of a cougar or jaguar, but we never really got a good look at it.. so it could have been anything. Crazy evening at the canyon.

We headed out the next day and made our way home via a quick visit to Kingman to see Grandma and Grandpa.

All in all, it was a fun trip and definitely a well-needed vacation.