Born To Be A Lighthouse, Not a Weathervane: Celebrating our Love

It's hard to believe that it is almost 1 year and 4 months being married to the most wonderful Man I know! He is such a loving, supportive, compassionate, giving, optimistic, humorous and humble husband that I am soo proud to call mine ;-)

We wanted to do something real special for our 1 year anniversary. Its always been a dream of mine to go to the Grand Canyon and I was told shortly before we got married that Tim already had an idea/plan for what would be our 1 year anniversary trip but hadn't told me yet! About a month prior to the trip, we started talking more about what we might want to do and thats when he laid out his ideas for us! My mouth dropped when I saw a brochure of a couple nights stay and a train ride into the Grand Canyon. I could have cried!

Here are some random shots of our trip. :-)

Look at this view! Isn't it beautiful.. Doesn't hurt to look in the rear view mirror every once in a while when in the passenger seat ;-)

We've stopped here a time or two before, but mainly because it's just so unique. There are different shops inside and some eating places. We grabbed some Chinese to eat, and then ate in the Ronald McDonald train cars!

We arrived in Williams, AZ just before dinner time and checked into our first motel!

The package came with dinner and breakfast in the Grand Depot Cafe :-)

After breakfast the next morning, we all were to sit and watch an entertaining Cowboy show before getting on the train to head into the Grand Canyon!

We had been told that when we left the motel room to have all our luggage ready for pickup but to leave everything in the room. They had people that came around to each room to collect every ones belongings. IT was a nice feeling to not have to worry about lugging everything around all day. We also were told that the luggage would be delivered to our next motel room, but that check in wouldnt be until later that day! After arriving to the Grand Canyon we were told to take a tour bus ride that lasted about 1 1/2 hours, if I recall, which would give them time to unload and deliver everything! In our minds, we thought our luggage was going to be on the train... but as we walked to the Cowboy show or breakfast, we saw what really was the case! It was all going in a trailer! How sneaky ;-) but we caught them!

These guys were just some of our entertainment we had during the train ride.

Country singin' folk!

We both took so many shots of the grand canyon, and I couldnt make you see them all.. but we tried so hard to capture the breathtaking views.. and we realized real quick, we just cant do that! Nothing can explain the beauty of this place..

...But, here Tim was trying to capture it.

They had a shuttle system and maps to get to MANY places: Other look out areas, museums, dining, shops, motels etc. We tried so hard to walk as much as we could while there, but there was just so much to see and so little time to capture it all. We finally took the shuttle. I actually think the pic below is one of the tour buses, and apparently didnt get the shuttle bus! Anyways, it was a nice form of transportation to get all over for free!

People hike down into the Grand Canyon, and this is just the start of one of the many trails! We walked a bit of it, and have talked about going back sometime and hiking more!

There was strict instructions to not feed any of the wildlife, as these squirrels have been known to bite, but we stood near a group of people that were doing just that. It was cute to see anyways. :-)