Day Thirteen: The Grandest of Canyons

Howdy,

Before I get into the blog post for the day, I thought I’d share something special with you. I asked Joey what he would say if he was writing the blog post. Here was his response:

JB: “We went to the Grand Canyon. It was really deep.”

ER: That’s all you would say?

JB: “We went to the Grand Canyon. It was really big. We started this morning with In-n-Out”

ER: alright…

JB: “We started the morning with Emily making me drive back to the hotel area so she could buy some souvenirs. And we are ending with her making me go through the McDonalds drivethru, derailing any type of timeline we’ve had for the day.”

ER: I NEED THE NUGS.

JB: “Don’t write that it makes me sound really mean.”

He is just sleepy and not currently full of nugs. I understand. BUT anyway, onto the main event because unlike Joseph, I put TIME AND EFFORT in my posts.

It has been A DAY. We left Vegas this morning and began making our way to… THE GRAND CANYON. I’d like to thank you all for your thoughts and prayers, we were not hungover. We also prepared for the day by immediately eating In-N-Out burgers for breakfast. Vegas.

It took about 4 hours to get to the Grand Canyon, so we answered some questions from the 2,000 questions book, practiced some animal sounds, made up some songs, the usual.

And THEN, it was time. To see the GRANDEST of Canyons. And let me tell you, she is grand.

We then noticed that some people had CLIMBED ON THE LEGIT PRECARIOUS ROCKS TO TAKE SOME PICTURES. Because we’re only half insane, we only went to the first little precarious rock area. A boy had dislocated his knee while climbing there, that probably should have been a sign to turn around. But hey, we lived! To all moms and nervous loved ones- everything is fine calm down.

After some time at the Canyon, we took off again for our hotel! The hotel was also about 4 hours away, so we enjoyed some of the amazing views and listened to some MUSICALS.

When we arrived to our hotel, I made Joey stop for McDonalds because I’m STARVING and- OH MY GOD HOLD THE PHONE. AS I WAS TYPING THIS IN THE MCDONALDS DRIVE THRU A LEGIT COYOTE JUST WALTZED THROUGH HERE. A REAL LIFE ONE. AT THIS MCDONALDS. Any state that’s not NY or NJ is too wild for me.

We just checked into the hotel and had to LITERALLY LOOK OUT FOR COYOTES. This is how I die. Carrying too many bags through a Navajo reservation, eating nuggets, and being chased down by a coyote. What a way to go.

DAILY STATS UPDATE:

• Number of States We’ve Been In: 12
• Miles Driven Today: 506 Miles
• Miles Driven Total: 4,237 Miles
• Cows Spotted: 5,060
• Hours in the Car Today: 8.5 hours
• Total Hours in the Car: 68 hours
• Chicken Nuggets Consumed: 74
• Windmills Spotted: 553
• State License Plates: 46/50 States
• Number of Musicals Listened to: 8.5