Like I mentioned in the previous post we did a TON of traveling this past summer.
After Dan graduated in April there wasn't much keeping us in Provo. We were already planning on moving and had lots of summer plans set up already so we decided to basically fill our summer with vacations and visiting family and be homeless for a couple months until we could move into our apartment at Stanford.
Our first adventure was going on a road trip with my family(and grandparents) from Utah to Arizona and back the first week of July. Now most people would tell you that going to Arizona in July is dumb and they're right but it wasn't much hotter than being in Utah and there were way cooler canyons in Arizona than in Utah so overall worth it.
The first thing we did was drive from Provo to Flagstaff, AZ. Flagstaff is at a higher elevation than most of AZ which makes it much more tolerable heat wise. It's also close to the Grand Canyon.
We spent the next day hiking in the good old national park and then drove to Page, AZ. There's pretty much nothing in Page except Lake Powell, Horseshoe Bend, and a Dam. But there's a little known gem called Antelope Canyon pretty close by and that was by far the coolest thing we did on the trip.
Antelope Canyon is a slot canyon which means it's basically just a crack in the earth. When you get to Antelope Canyon all you can see is flat earth for a few miles and then as you get closer you see that there's a large crack in the earth and then you climb down some stairs and you're in this amazing canyon.
After Antelope Canyon we drove out to Joseph City (founded by my ancestors) and Holbrook (basically owned/ran by my relatives). I have hundreds of relatives (only counting the living ones) that live in Arizona so we spend a lot of time visiting places that were of historical importance to my family. Both my grandpa and grandma grew up in Arizona and both are basically professional historians of the area so we were able to learn a lot from them.
When we left Holbrook we drove through the Petrified Forest and Painted Desert National Parks. This was especially interesting since my grandpa worked at the Petrified Forest during the summer when he was in college.
The main purpose of the trip was to visit Ganado on the Navajo reservation. When my grandparents were first married they lived in Ganado and both taught school there. This is also where my mother was born and lived for the first 6 years of her life. Not only were we able to visit a Navajo reservation with an expert (my grandpa was a professor in Native American Studies specializing in Navajo nation) we were able to see a place that has significance in my family's life.
After spending time in Ganado and at Hubbell's Trading Post (a national historic site) we went to Chinle (pronounced chin-lee) and hiked Canyon De Chelly (pronounced due- shay). Canyon De Chelly is beautiful and has amazing ruins at the end of a very easy hike down into the canyon.
After Canyon De Chelly we were on our way back to Utah to celebrate the 4th of July in Provo the true Westover way.
....and pictures!
After Dan graduated in April there wasn't much keeping us in Provo. We were already planning on moving and had lots of summer plans set up already so we decided to basically fill our summer with vacations and visiting family and be homeless for a couple months until we could move into our apartment at Stanford.
Our first adventure was going on a road trip with my family(and grandparents) from Utah to Arizona and back the first week of July. Now most people would tell you that going to Arizona in July is dumb and they're right but it wasn't much hotter than being in Utah and there were way cooler canyons in Arizona than in Utah so overall worth it.
The first thing we did was drive from Provo to Flagstaff, AZ. Flagstaff is at a higher elevation than most of AZ which makes it much more tolerable heat wise. It's also close to the Grand Canyon.
Antelope Canyon is a slot canyon which means it's basically just a crack in the earth. When you get to Antelope Canyon all you can see is flat earth for a few miles and then as you get closer you see that there's a large crack in the earth and then you climb down some stairs and you're in this amazing canyon.
After Antelope Canyon we drove out to Joseph City (founded by my ancestors) and Holbrook (basically owned/ran by my relatives). I have hundreds of relatives (only counting the living ones) that live in Arizona so we spend a lot of time visiting places that were of historical importance to my family. Both my grandpa and grandma grew up in Arizona and both are basically professional historians of the area so we were able to learn a lot from them.
When we left Holbrook we drove through the Petrified Forest and Painted Desert National Parks. This was especially interesting since my grandpa worked at the Petrified Forest during the summer when he was in college.
The main purpose of the trip was to visit Ganado on the Navajo reservation. When my grandparents were first married they lived in Ganado and both taught school there. This is also where my mother was born and lived for the first 6 years of her life. Not only were we able to visit a Navajo reservation with an expert (my grandpa was a professor in Native American Studies specializing in Navajo nation) we were able to see a place that has significance in my family's life.
After spending time in Ganado and at Hubbell's Trading Post (a national historic site) we went to Chinle (pronounced chin-lee) and hiked Canyon De Chelly (pronounced due- shay). Canyon De Chelly is beautiful and has amazing ruins at the end of a very easy hike down into the canyon.
After Canyon De Chelly we were on our way back to Utah to celebrate the 4th of July in Provo the true Westover way.
....and pictures!
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| Grand Canyon |
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| Grand Canyon |
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| Grand Canyon (hike) |
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| Grand Canyon: Duck Rock |
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| Grand Canyon: River |
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| Grand Canyon |
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| Antelope Canyon |
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| Antelope Canyon |
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| Antelope Canyon |
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| Antelope Canyon from the top |
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| Horseshoe Bend |
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| Joseph City |
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| Huge storm in Holbrook |
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| Petrified Forest |
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| Petroglyphs in Petrified Forest |
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| Painted Desert |
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| Hubbell's Trading Post |
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| Canyon De Chelly |
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| Canyon De Chelly Ruins |
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| Canyon De Chelly |
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