When FabGrandpa and I left the house early this morning, I told him “I am not taking my camera with me today.” It has been a “thing” for him to tease me about taking that camera everywhere. I take pictures of everything, because you never know what you may need to illustrate something with. So, I left without it.
We were on our way to a routine day of shopping, but the routine since we got to Arizona is that we drive 125 miles to go grocery shopping, so we better have a real good list. We stopped at the cafe at Jacob Lake, 43 miles north of the Grand Canyon, to have breakfast.
At the cafe we sat at the counter because the place was pretty full. I struck up a conversation with the lady sitting beside me. She asked me where I was from, and when I said “Georgia”, she asked me where in Georgia. I told her “Douglasville.” She said her great aunt was a school teacher in Douglasville, and it turns out that her great aunt was Margaret Warren, one of my teachers when I was in high school. What a neat coincidence.
After breakfast, we drove to St. George, Utah to do our shopping. We went to Best Buy, a health food store called Dixie Nutrition (where I found my Pamela’s Baking Mix and a jackpot of other gluten free foods); on to Wal-Mart for groceries and a hair cut for me. We bought a new cooler to put our groceries in so they wouldn’t rot on the trip home. A stop at the Paiute Reservation for beer, wine and cigarettes completed the shopping day.
As we entered the Kaibab National Forest at Jacob Lake on the last leg of our trip home, we started counting the deer we saw, just for the heck of it. There were a total of 105 mule deer on that 43 miles road. But the coolest thing we saw, after we entered the Grand Canyon National Park, was the biggest beast of a bison, standing in the middle of the road. We stopped the truck, and it looked for a moment like he was going to charge us, but he turned at the last second and ran off into the woods. FabGrandpa and I just sat there, stunned, looking at each other. What a Fabulous day! But wouldn’t you know it, I didn’t have my camera!!!
Marilyn says
As I read your entry I feel like we are riding along with you. When we were there in the fall we stayed at Jacob Lake and drove to and from the North Rim. The amount of deer we saw amazed us. The drive back to the RV Park after dark was especially slow as they lined the road. Thanks for the description of your day it brings back wonderful memories. Enjoy the weather there as Orlando,FL has been without rain and hot.