Daddy-Daughter Vacation, Day Three, Part Two

Day three began in the desert, in what felt like a completely different planet.

It would end in a lush green forest.

After lunch, my dad and I saw quite a few amazing and very unique things.

We ventured through the Vermillion Cliffs and also Balanced Rock.

I'll let the photos do the talking...

My dad looks miniscule compared to that giant boulder!

A rock tree :)

This next sight was something we drove up upon and were just confused and, quite frankly, in awe...

We asked a few Navajo women (who were working their jewelry stands, I told you they were everywhere...) the story behind this little house.

They said that way back when a woman was traveling through this area when her car broke down right there. Story goes that she loved the area so much that she didn't want to leave. So she purchased the land and built a home out of the giant boulder that was already sitting there.

The view from a window inside. This is quite possible one of my favorite photos of the entire trip :)

Next we traveled along Honeymoon road (that's really what it's called) and headed into the Kaibab forest.

View from the Kaibab forest looking over Honeymoon Road and the Vermillion Cliffs

We were in for a huge change of atmosphere.

We went from what you've seen above to a desert-style forest to this:

Miles and miles of forest destroyed by fire.

There's something I just adore about the aftermath of a forest fire.

Maybe it's the new vegetation that's grown in spite of the destruction done before.

As soon as we got out of the damage done by the forest fire and had climbed thousands of feet in elevation, this was our surrounding...

I'm not going to lie, after feeling like I was on another planet the greenery was refreshing and I felt a little more at home.

I guess it reminded me of Washington :)

We camped that night surrounded by trees in Demotte Campground fairly close to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.

It was a cool night so my dad and I were able to have our one and only campfire of the trip, complete with s'mores and hot chocolate.

It was definitely a well-rounded trip :)