Grand Canyon Trip: 5 Oct 2010

While on my trip to the Grand Canyon I kept a journal of my experience in order to create an after-the-fact travelogue.  Presented over the next few days is an edited version + photo essay of my trip. ---

5 Oct 2010

Tomorrow I get to see the Grand Canyon!  I’ve been waiting to see it for years.  Today was pretty awesome because I got to see another thing I’d wanted to see for a while now - I saw a hummingbird for the first time.  The best part is that it was completely accidental.  We got into the rental car and, as Danielle set up the GPS, I looked up at the some flowers and saw a hummingbird.  It quickly left, so it was just being there at that exact time that allowed me to see it.  Unfortunately, I didn’t have my camera with me.  Hopefully I get to see it again.

We ate lunch at Barrio Cafe, an award-winning Mexican restaurant.

The food was good and the ambiance was great.

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The guac was weird - it had pomegranate seeds - but it tasted good.  I had carne asada tacos and Danielle had fish tacos.  It was way too much food.  Interestingly, for a Mexican restaurant, they brought bread when we sat at the table instead of chips and salsa.  It had a pimiento and green olive spread that was very interesting.  It was tasty and different from anything I’d eaten before.

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[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“500” caption=“Danielle’s Salad at Barrio Cafe”] [/caption]

After lunch it was pouring rain.  Just our luck that it would rain IN THE DESERT when we visit.  It rained so hard that I-10 flooded and it took us forever to get back to the hotel.

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