As I remember, we left Las Vegas around 2pm due to the problem of getting stuff into the car. (As a reminder, we're on a road trip.)
According to Google Maps, it's about 5-6 hours from Las Vegas, and of course it's even more when I drive because I like to stop and rest (and make a pee pee) every somewhat 100 miles.
Despite the summer climate, it was already dark when we reached there. It was around 8-9pm and thank God there's a McDonald's around entrance of the Grand Canyon National Park. We (I) bought some nuggets, filet-o-fish, and fries to survive the night.
The deeper we went into the park, the darker it got, and because it's a park, there's not much artificial light. In fact, I remember seeing a moose or the like.
We reached our lodging place about an hour later. It wasn't far, but we were kind of lost and couldn't find the exact place we were staying. After several phone calls and driving around the same one-way paths, we finally checked in.
Now remember that we were moving. Each destination we go, we need to get our essential stuff out of the car. By essential, I meant instant noodles, the water boiler, precious items, and clothes. Thanks to Dear, we bought a couple of flash lights back in Vegas. Otherwise, we would never be able to find all our stuff.
Once we got everything ready, we walked to our room. We noticed we were walking along some sort of canyon but it was dark and we couldn't see anything. Once we got to the room, we were starving. Turtle and Dear made instant noodles using the coffee maker while I had my McDonald's. That concluded our day.
The next day we woke up and was impressed by the amazing view outside our windows. It was the canyon!
After checking out and spending about another half hour to pack our stuff back into the car, we figured maybe we should ship more of our stuff to Michigan. We visited the post office and did some "weight lifting", i.e. shipping a guitar amplifier, a DVD player, and a lamp to Ann Arbor.
We rested a little bit when we were done.
Then we headed to the hot spots.
The view was just amazing!
Even the dogs liked the Grand Canyon.
Our next stop was Utah, so we decided to leave before it's late. I don't like driving when it's dark.
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