See all the blackened walls from the years of smoke?Īrizona is so diverse! And in this area the desert / forest converge so on the “sunny side” of the canyon are desert plants and the opposite side are pines. They even made little holes at the top of the walls/doors to let the smoke out. We were surprised how many dwellings were in this one canyon! It was like a little town with passageways in between each dwellings. Unlike Seminole Canyon, these cliffs were actually their homes and not just a hang-out area. On Thursday we went to Walnut Canyon National Monument and explored around the Hopi cliff dwellings there. We had a pretty sunset on our first night with our special visitors: Side note – our RV park for this month is right next to a train track, which has now happened to us multiple times, and we enjoy it. When we went back to Woody it was still coming down! Look at those chunky flakes.
We went to lunch in “Radiator Springs” on Rt 66 and saw our first glimpse of snow. The kids said people must be taller at the Grand Canyon – these chairs were so big! Isn’t it amazing how much slower time feels when you’re waiting for special visitors? Wednesday was such a happy day because GrammCracker and Peepa arrived to spend a week with us!!! I pray they will always enjoy creation and see the beauty He gave for us to enjoy that’s all around us! I usually prefer to walk in the middle of the pack or front but I love the views from the back 🙂 We found quite a few tracks – we think elk / deer and coyote !Īnd we found the tiniest bit of snow! It’s amazing how when you look at anything long enough it’s sooo beautiful: When we got to a clearing, we looked down and saw our RV park and Woody!!! So fun: I think if she had a better understanding of the time, distance, and elevation change the hike will be, it would help prepare her. Walking and talking or just walking and being quiet as a family with the Lord are truly some of my fave life moments.ĪB still struggles on the first part of our hikes but as soon as we are headed back, she’s like a new person. As part of RR’s curriculum he is reading about amazing people like Florence Young, Wilfred Grenfell, and Sadhu Sundar Singh. We had a great conversation about amazing men and women missionaries. No sight of anybody or a car or anything other than nature (and the little green diamonds we were following). This hike was especially enjoyable because it was just us and the Lord for miles and miles. Our first adventure was a hike in the Kaibab National Forest. It was so nice to see big, green trees again. We were shocked when we realized northern Arizona was mostly forest! It felt a little like “home” and familiar. When we got to AZ it looked more and more like one of our fave movies, Cars.Īnd we were so excited to enter “Radiator Springs”: It still feels a bit surreal we are doing this right now – what an amazing and undeserved gift this lifestyle-for-the-year is to each of us. We sure will miss Desert Hot Springs but we have to keep “open”, not holding on to any one thing or place too tightly so that we have room to fully embrace the next part of the adventure. It’s so beautiful, encouraging and amazing to see God’s creation still mostly untouched.
I’m still shocked at how remote both areas are.
The ride from SoCal to Northern AZ was so beautiful!
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