Ah, the Grand Canyon. One of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World (you won't believe how many lists of wonders there are for the world.) The Seven Natural Wonders have always been my favorite and they're all on my bucket list for seeing (next, I'd like to see the Aurora.) To note, I am lucky enough to have an amazing boyfriend who is "down" to go along with my spontaneous adventures. Otherwise seeing this wonder would not have happened for quite some time (I'm pretty sure I'm the only one out of my friends who thinks the Grand Canyon is ridiculous cool.) I visited the Grand Canyon once when I was three according to ancient lore (also: there's a picture of me looking upset by snow covered canyonry.) I didn't remember it at all, but for some reason I held this allure of the Grand Canyon in my head over the years as a really remarkable place filled with awe-inspiring scenery. Don't get me wrong, it was beautiful (see photo.) I was geniunely awe-inspired for a good ten minutes and snapped a dozen pictures that all pretty much turned out like the one shown above. We only spent one day at the Grand Canyon. I hadn't really researched what we could do and just winged it. I sort of regret it now only because they had mule rides--mule rides!--on trails around the Grand Canyon. There was also this huge, cool pink tour Jeep you could pay to take you around to all the viewpoints. Even though we didn't do much besides slide around on ice (it had been snowing) and look at the Grand Canyon for about an hour, it was worth it to me.
My boyfriend stole my Nikon D3000 and snapped a thousand photos (the power of holding a DSLR.) Above is one of me trying to get it back.
If you're thinking we took a road trip from California to Arizona only to see the Grand Canyon for one day, we didn't. In fact, before we went to Arizona we drove to Salt Lake City, Utah. Why you ask? To see our favorite rapper, Scienze, perform at a hole-in-the-wall venue which never happened. Yes, we got stood up by a rapper. I know, pretty cool (it wasn't.) Still, we made the best of it by buying a bottle of Jack and going back to our hotel room to watch Big Fish. Buying liquor in Salt Lake is a mission! They don't sell liquor at gas stations so we Google Mapped it and found a liquor store which was the most packed liquor store I've ever been in. Seriously. We couldn't even find parking so I had to run in and buy Jack as fast as possible. Food wise, before going to the concert-that-wasn't-going-to-happen, we ate at a Thai restaurant we found on Yelp. It was so delicious! I had this lemon-y, peanut buttery noodle mix. Thai food might just become our thing. We'd eaten at another great Thai restaurant in Anaheim a few months before. Plus, Thai tea is my favorite beverage next to Dr. Pepper (it makes the world taste better!) I kind of wish we lived in Salt Lake City just so I could eat there everyday and become a "regular." We also ate at this sandwich place, like Subway but much, much better. It had a drive-thru and was called Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches. Inexpensive and tasty. There are some in California, but none where I live. Boo. They deliver. I think that's the allure for me. The ultimate form of laziness. Why make a sandwich when you can have it delivered? 'Merica.
All in all, we spent two nights and one day in Utah and one night and one day in Arizona before driving back (we got home around nine o' clock.) It was a very short road trip, but really fun. It's just fun being with G. We had a lot of talks, a lot of musical selection, and plenty of food stops. I always say that if you really want to get to know someone, go on a road trip with them. There were a few bumps in the road (namely scuffles about stupid things) but like all road trip scuffles it ended laughably. By the way, driving to the Grand Canyon at night during the winter is not recommended! At least if you're coming from Utah. It was never-ending on a two-way winding road with ice sleeking it most of the drive. Thankfully we were in G's 4x4, but still! Scary. Make sure you get there during the day.
Getting revenge for him snapping random photos of everything.
My winter break is winding to a close, but it's been such a great break from the norm/routine of everyday life. I'm so happy I made these memories to reflect back on. Hooray for road trips!
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