It's Been a While.

I really should have blogged more in the past few days because since Las Vegas, we have seen and experienced a whole lot! We are currently sitting inside a Tim Hortons (yes we are back in Canada) and I don't have a whole lot of time to write about what we've seen but I'll attempt to sum it up as best I can in a short period of time.
First stop after Las Vegas was the Grand Canyon, which we expected to be cool but not as jaw droppingly beautiful as it really was. We did a "supposed" 4-6 hour hike in about 3 and still felt pumped by the time we got back to where we had parked. There really aren't enough words I can use to describe it, so I suggest looking at the photos we took of the spot once James' lazy butt uploads them. (:
Next stop was Bryce Canyon. James and I kind of disagree on this one, but in my opinion Bryce Canyon was the most spectacular spot we stopped at from all of the places we have visited on this trip. James still thinks the Grand Canyon trumps Bryce by quite a ways, however everyone is entitled to their opinion. The reason I was most drawn to Bryce out of the places we had visited was because of the mountainous rock formations, and the colours of the surface. Not to sound like a total hippy or anything, but I felt very connected to nature in this spot. If you are reading this I highly suggest you visit it (and the Grand Canyon too) if you ever have the opportunity to. At Bryce we also met a fellow Dutchman (I knew he was from The Netherlands because I could hear him speak Dutch) so I decided to start speaking Dutch to him as well... I kind of regret doing so now. Once we started talking to the gentleman he just blabbered on and on about how great he was, how he's walked the distance of the earth's equator several times, how Americans are fat and lazy, and how he supposedly has a photographic memory which came in useful in Vegas. His wife didn't seem too amused either. As James would say, "effing Dutch people".
If you go to google images and search Bryce Canyon, you will see large red rock structures that tower up to a hundred feet. James and I both climbed some (although seeing as I have a fear of heights, I only did once). At the top of one we were joined by two Belgiums who were doing a similar trip to ours and they suggested that we go check out Zion National Park as well. Despite the awesome name of the place, we originally weren't going to check the place out, but we did, got in for free, and saw more beautiful scenery. unfortunately by the time we got there it was already starting to get dark so we did not see the spot as thoroughly as we had wanted to.
From Zion we traveled up North  through Utah (which was much nicer than we had expected) and Salt Lake City. The next stop was Yellowstone which I will write about in the next entry because I do not have enough time to write about it now.
Stay tuned. :)