Days 28 & 29 Grand Canyon, Sedona, Meteor Crater

Been a while so I am going to do 3 days in one.  It has been awesome

Day 28 - Grand Canyon
We drove to the Grand Canyon this morning.  It was a beautiful drive.  Saw the Little Colorado River canyons on the way into the GC.

They were pretty impressive by themselves, but then, the Grand Canyon was before us.  It was hard to comprehend that I was actually seeing it.  It was glorious.  We played so long, we did't leave the park until almost dusk.  And man, was it windy and got cold up there.  An absolutely beautiful day!!  We were on the South Rim.  Here are just some of my pictures.  Many of the pictures are of the same formations, but from early afternoon to early evening, the sun and light was constantly changing thus changing the colors we were seeing in the canyon. It was amazing to watch the change!

 

 

 

 

It was just one more WOW day!!  Truly amazing!!  We got back to the hotel late, but still in awe of all we had seen,


DAY 29 Sedona (again) & the Meteor Crater
We wanted to go back to Sedona and do one of the loops we didn't have time for on Sunday, so we headed back down the Oak Creek Canyon with all the amazing Red Rock formations. Since we had already done the canyon and taken pictures, this time we could just enjoy what we were seeing with trying to capture it all.  We saw a lot of things we failed to notice the first time, so I am so glad returned!!..We did the loop, then hit town to do a little shopping for have lunch.  It is really the first actual shopping we have done all trip.  I absolutely LOVE this place.

We found a wonderful winery called the 1912 in the town of Sedona.  It has only been opened since the beginning of fall.  We went in expecting crap wine.  I mean really....who has ever heard of Arizona wine?  Well, I am pleased to say we were pleasantly surprised.  We were afraid we had been tainted since tasting all that good wine in California, but this was actually very good.  We were served our tasting as we looked out onto a beautiful view.  Tasted the reds and I ended up buying the Cab Sauv, a Zin and the Merlot!  Nice experience!!

Once we bid Sedona farewell, we hit the road to make tracks toward our next destination....Arkansas.  In case you don't know geography, that's a good two and a half day drive from Sedona.  Well, of course, we had to stop along the way when we saw the sign that directed us to the Meteor Crater.  I have heard about this for a long time....a big hole in the ground out in the middle of Arizona where a meteor struck earth about 50 thousand years ago!!!!  It was so cool to see and to really comprehend what it was and how long ago it happened!!  WOW!!

The Astronauts use to train here because the crater was so similar to the moon's craters.

This is a chunk of the meteor that flew off when it struck and it landed in a farmer's field.  He just happened to find it!!

Once we left there, we needed to honk out and put up some miles.  Make it to Gallop, New Mexico for the night!!  What an absolutely wonderful day we had!!!  Again, so blessed to be doing this!!!