Grand Canyon: Part 3, Family

Today I'm bringing you the last few photos of my trip to the Grand Canyon with my family! Our second day, we drove up along the canyon a little ways to take a look at another section of it, near Bright Angel Lodge. It was interesting to see a different point on the canyon. We left there and drove in the opposite direction, past where we had been the day before, and headed to the Desert View Watchtower. From that viewpoint we got to see the Colorado River winding through the canyon far down below us. We also got to climb up into the watchtower which was full of murals and petroglyph-style decorations which are copies of now-destroyed petroglyphs at Abo, New Mexico. It was really neat! After this, we headed back to Mesa so they could drop me off at our apartment. On our way we stopped off at a little market with Native American pottery and jewelry. Everything was so beautiful, I wish I'd had money to buy something, but my mom did end up buying some really neat pottery (which she likes to collect). It was such a great trip with my family.

On a similar note, my sister Laurie and brother-in-law Nate are coming in one week to Arizona to visit! We are so excited to see them and hang out with them! I'm also looking forward to heading back up to the Grand Canyon with them later next week and also to Zion National Park in Utah! It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait to take pictures and share them all with you again! Have a wonderful Monday!

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