Our Fantastic, Fabulous Spring Break Adventure (Part 3 of 3)

     Day #8- Crazy morning! The wind picked up and really started to blow! We actually had a park ranger come tell us to leave. He said a BIG storm was coming in and it was expected to bring 40-50 mph wind gusts and a LOT of rain/snow. The kids were already dirty, but the wind made it even worse! Just look at these faces!! :)

     Some of us went on a quick ride, while the rest stayed back to pack up camp. While we were riding, the sun went away and it got a little "gloomy"...we knew it was time to get out of there!

     The Martins went home, the Quarnbergs went to their friends house in Cottonwood, so that left us, the Stockings and the Stegs. We finished packing up and made it to Williams, AZ. The storm was here and it was really cold! We got a hotel (with a pool), ate some dinner and went straight to the hot tub. I feel bad for the hotel worker that had to clean out that pool filter after we were in it...we were DIRTY!! It was great to take a nice hot shower and climb into a nice clean bed :)

     Day #9- We woke up to snow...a LOT of snow!! Around 18-20 inches to be exact! We watched a snow plow get stuck in the hotel parking lot and people trying to dig out their cars (even though they couldn't go anywhere, all the roads were closed!), so we booked another night at the hotel :) We spent more time in the pool and drank hot chocolate from the hotel breakfast room. For lunch, we walked through a snowstorm to the Denny's located in the hotel parking lot. While we were eating, the snow stopped and the sun came out! Good news: They had opened Highway 64 to Cameron, but only temporarily because the storm wasn't over. We cancelled our 2nd night, packed up the truck, and headed to the Grand Canyon! We were so excited! We got to the Grand Canyon and we were disappointed. It was a blizzard! We couldn't see anything because it was fogged in and it was sososo cold!! Poor Regan couldn't handle it. Walking back to the truck she said,"Mom, I think I have frostbite." I told her she was fine and she didn't have frostbite. Her response was,"Yea, I do. I can't feel...[pause] lots of things!" It really was freezing!!

     After leaving to go home, we found a decent view of the Canyon without fog! We all jumped out to see it and get a quick picture. Don't ask me why I'm leaning in, but I am and I look like I'm sticking out my booty. So embarrassing, but whatever! It took a while to get home because we drove in a snowstorm almost the whole way. In fact, they closed the road right after we went through. We pulled in our driveway just before midnight. It was a great week! Definitely a Fantastic, Fabulous Spring Break Adventure!!