camping and stuff

So, after two nights of camping, we finally have time (and wifi) to send out an update. At the moment we are cruising east to Durango, CO after a lovely morning at the Grand Canyon! Wow, the Grand Canyon is breathtaking! There just are no words for it and even the pictures are unable to capture it fully. Although we were lucky that we camped nearby, as the memorial day traffic was just starting up as we left! We had the breakfast of champions this morning – thick chocolate shakes and a cookie each! We shall see if that decision decides to bite us later, haha. Let me backtrack a little and fill in the pieces since we last posted.

On Saturday we drove from San Fransisco to just south of the Sequoia National forest and camped in Pioneer Point. We passed the campground we had stayed in before- Sandy Flat, on the way over and lets just say this camping experience was completely different! The campground was complelety full and we were glad we had reservations. There were people everywhere and it felt more like a normal camping experience, kids, campers, etc. We were glad we didn't have to worry about any animals coming around, but there was more noise from all the people. We discovered that Zzquil actually works quite well, haha.

On Sunday, we tore down our campsite and headed out. We stopped just down the hill for gas, milk for breakfast and oil...since we discovered that we were very low on oil!!! Oops! We have been checking that more often now. We had lunch at Taco Bell and realized that we would be driving right through Las Vegas!! Woohoo! No, we didn't stop along the vegas strip, but we did go to the post office. For supper we decided to get some warm food at a place called Black Bear Diner, which was wonderful! This sort of put us behind schedule though, so we didn't get near our campground until 8:30. Finding our campsite turned into a whole other fiasco! The directions we got online were not helpful and our GPS had no idea where we were. We ended up driving around until 10:30 trying to find somewhere to sleep! God had a guiding hand on us though, because as we got to a full hotel that we had hoped to stay at, we saw a sign for our campground! This eventually led us to the campground and the sight of our empty reserved campsite was the most beautiful of the day!!! Ahhh, we were so relieved and tired that we just pulled out some blankets and slept in the car.

And that about wraps it up, we are cruising through Arizona at the moment and if all goes well, we will be writing tomorrow from Colorado!