Day 10 Los Angeles to the Grand Canyon, Arizona

I felt I had enough of this city and ready to see some stunning natural beauty of the Grand Canyon. I had a good time but I got sick of the endless urban sprawl and the traffic.

It's difficult to get around in the city without dealing with the frustrations of traffic jams. We had to drive right through the city to get to Arizona which means we had to deal with the worst of it.


Along the way our frustrations mounted as we tried to stop off at the infamous In and Out Burger.
That alone was a hassle. It took us a couple of hours to get out of the city and into the dessert.

Random odd thing I saw
When we finally go out of the city and onto the interstate it was a refreshing (although really hot) to finally get to the open road and away from the mayhem.
The drive to Grand Canyon is about seven hours and we drove right into the night arriving at 1:30 in the morning. Along the last hour, we encountered half dozen deer on the side of the road that were huge. Luckily we didn't hit any of them.

We manage to find an open camp spot and pitched the tent under sky full of stars. It was incredible how many there were.We saw a few shooting stars and tried to shoot pics. It wasn't very long before we called it a night. It was a long day of driving. Tomorrow will be worst as we try to drive through Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.