Waking Up At Glen Canyon, Arizona

This is my favorite blog from June, 2007. It's times like these that rejuvenate my determination to stick with this job to achieve our dreams...

Waking up in a new, beautiful place; what more could I ask for? More time to linger in such places, I suppose...

After driving all night, unable to see the scenes of Utah that passed me by, I handed the wheel over to my husband and went to sleep.

I had only been sawing logs for a few hours when Doug woke me up gently. "You're like waking a hibernating bear," he claims.

"Get up and get dressed. You'll want to see this, I promise," Doug said. I didn't growl, to his relief. I quietly obeyed, curious what this was all about and grabbed Lolo. Red-eyed, I stepped out of the truck. Yay! Woods! I breathed in the fresh air of the Kaibab National forest.

A native Indian lady was arranging jewelry and pottery on a table nestled under the trees at the edge of the little pullover where we parked. I want to kick myself for not buying a very reasonably priced piece. But I was anxious to see where Doug was leading me...

The trail ended at a cliff where you can see for miles...

I sat for a moment to enjoy the view...

A lizard scurried away when he saw me taking a picture of him...

Always in a hurry to deliver our load, we scurried back toward the truck.

Lolo didn't want to leave...

...But, we found another scenic overlook where we stopped for a few more peaceful moments. Doug mimicked Chevy Chase in National Lampoon's Vacation at the Grand Canyon.

Doug made me stay awake to take in the scenery of the rest of our
drive south into Flagstaff.

We'd never been this way before and he knew I'd enjoy it, no matter how tired I was...

We crossed the Colorado River at Marble Canyon, which is between the Glen and Grand Canyons.

It made me wish for summer and that I was in a tube, lazily floating down a river...

Tourist season hadn't started yet apparently. There were many unoccupied arts and crafts stands...

In Flagstaff, we took I-40 east to head to New Mexico.

Been there done that.

I laid my head back down and went to sleep with a smile on my face.