Grand Canyon to L.A.

After we single-handedly ended the drought at the Grand Canyon (you are welcome!), we packed up our soaked tent and lawn chairs and headed out during a lull in the rain. The ravens made a visit to see if we left them any tasty treat. We were told that the ravens are pretty aggressive around food and will swoop down on you. They were the only animal we were warned about in the campground. Apparently there aren't bears nearby and bobcats and rattlesnakes and other scary creatures don't live on top of the canyon.

Once we headed southwest of the Grand Canyon, the weather cleared up and the it got hot. We stopped at a rest stop to dry out the tent since we would be staying in a hotel room for the next 3 nights. The trees definitely looked different already and we didn't even get into the desert yet. 

As we were putting the tent up to dry, a worker came up to us to tell us that we couldn't camp there.  Ha! We couldn't even get the tent to stay in one place, because it was so windy!

Plus there was no way I was sleeping on the ground with this sign only feet away.

I didn't see any snakes or scorpions but I did see a couple lizards by the picnic tables. They were cute!

After drying our tent, the drive was pretty uneventful and pretty desolate.  We saw wildfire smoke in the distance near San Bernadino, and we stopped at an In and Out where the boys invented a new game where the boy in the front has four arms. In and Out was really Sit and Wait as the restaurant was packed during the lunch hour. The food was really really good for fast food though!

We finally got to our hotel about 5:30. It was the Super 8 in Anaheim and it was actually a pretty decent hotel. There was an outdoor pool, a place to do laundry (which was desperately needed at this point of our trip), and a continental breakfast where a worker was making tiny belgian waffles. It was only 2 blocks from Disneyland and perfect for this trip.

I'll leave you with a photo of some beautiful palm trees that line the roads between our hotel and Disneyland. They were very tall and like little fireworks explosions against the blue skies.