Five days. Four nights. Three states. Two type-A personalities. One really big canyon. Last October we took our first "real" vacation ever, just the two of us. I had been hoping to visiting the Grand Canyon ever since I took "The Dynamic Earth" (aka "Rocks for Jocks") in college, where the professor, Alex Glass , somehow convinced me that geology is awesome. Let me tell you, that man can make rocks interesting. (It helped that he included random Star Wars references in many of his lectures.) Anyway, being the supportive spouse that he is, Justin agreed to visit the Grand Canyon with me, we picked a time that seemed like it would have good weather with fewer crowds, and off we went. Since I had never been to Las Vegas, we decided to start there, spend a day and a night, then spend four days completing the "Grand Circle," a 700 mile, 12 hour drive around the canyon. On our way we passed through three states, several Native ...
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