Jacob's Road Trip Ramblings ...

Well, yesterday we started out on our long trek up the country, to Alaska and back! We're driving all the way up through Bryce Canyon, Salt Lake, Yellowstone and Glacier. Then we get up into Canada, specifically Calgary. From there we'll head West through Bamff and Lake Louise on our way to Vancouver. From Vancouver we'll be boarding the Disney Wonder for a whole week of cruising up to Alaska! Finally we'll drive back down the Pacific Coast Highway. Jesse and I will actually be flying home on August 7th from San Francisco in order to get started with the semester.

Now that all of the introduction is out of the way, let's talk about the past couple days, yesterday we got underway and headed up through Payson (to see Grandma) and Flagstaff (to see our cousins). From there we actually drove up through the Marble Canyon area on our way to Fredonia and Kanab. It was absolutely beautiful with all of its valleys and cliffs and rock formations! Especially with the sun setting, we could do nothing beside look on in awe at God's creation. After another couple hours we reached Kanab, just across the Utah border. We spent the night there in a cute little Victorian inn.



Once morning dawned we were up and back on the road. In about an hour and a half we got up to Bryce Canyon, our first big stop. We hiked about five miles down into the canyon....up and down, over and under, round and round. Whether we were down in the bottom portions, or standing up at the top, the views and scenery were incredible! You'll really have to see pictures to get a sense of the wonder it evoked. But even that can't compare to gazing out or up at all the rock formations. Once we dragged our exhausted selves back up the canyon, we continued our journey through Utah. After eating dinner in Provo, we finished up our day in Salt Lake City where we're staying tonight. Can't wait for the great salt lake tomorrow!