Happy Birthday Zach!!!   Big number 9!  We hope you have a GREAT one!

Today we got up early and took off on the next leg of our journey…  Four Corners and Grand Canyon.  The Four Corners area was neat but it was SO touristy!  The area is on Native American land and the whole area around the monument is surrounded by shops.  It’s fun to visit once!  🙂  The kids even got arrowhead necklaces.  We stood in all four states (Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona) and took pictures (as does every tourist)!  🙂

After visiting the Four Corners area, we decided to take a little detour up into Monument Valley in Utah to see that.  It was breathtaking!  The rock formations were great and the kids really loved pointing out things they could see in them!  🙂  It never ceases to amaze at how beautiful the earth is with all it’s varying geology!  One day you’re in forested mountains, and the next you are in an arid desert with beautiful rock formations!

We then dropped back down into Arizona and drove on to the Grand Canyon.  It was pretty foggy and the views were not very spectacular, but we had a fun time and the boys were in awe at how BIG it was!  We decided that since it was foggy and rainy, we would change plans a bit and drive back up to the canyon tomorrow in hopes the weather would be better.  The kids had fun though!  The boys did the Junior Ranger program and we rode the shuttle around taking a look at some of the sights.  It was interesting to see the fog roll in thicker and lightning shows start!  Beautiful!

We left the canyon and drove down to Williams, AZ.  We had a GREAT dinner at Route 66 Cafe.  Williams is right along Route 66 and they definitely take advantage of the history!  The food at the cafe was great and there was live music from a pretty talented solo musician that was really fun with the crowd.

Hope that was a GREAT bunch of activities for your birthday Zach!  🙂