Day 11 (Last Day!)

We woke up at 5am the next morning to go watch the sunrise. It was rough, but this is one of those rare opportunities that must be taken! There were only a few senior couples on the shuttle with us (one couple had hiking equipment with them, we were impressed). Yeah, we didn't see many single people at the Grand Canyon, much less single women. It was very chilly and windy as we waited for the sun to rise. It was ten times more beautiful than the sunset. Behind us, it looked like night time, with the moon shining brightly in the sky. In front of us, the sky had shades of blue, green, orange, pink and red, and the colors changed every few minutes. When the sun actually appeared from behind the canyon, it was too bright to look at, so when watching the sunrise, the most beautiful part is before actually seeing the sun (which I thought was interesting).






Since we were up so early, we were able to take our time cleaning up and preparing for our last drive of the roadtrip. I was feeling a bit sad that the trip was coming to an end, but it made it easier that the canyon was the last stop, so we were both desiring a normal room and bed to sleep in at this point, haha. Elena joked as we passed a 'Los Angeles' sign that maybe we should just keep going west! As we got closer to Phoenix, we searched for a car wash, since our car wasn't exactly in the cleanest condition and we didn't want to get charged an 'excessively dirty car fee'. We (even with the help of Wilma) could not find a good car wash, so we gave up on that idea and just went to the airport. My aunt and uncle came to pick me up at the car rental place, and we dropped off Elena at the Southwest terminal.

On to the next adventure! Arizona for me and Kansas City for Elena! Praise God for keeping us safe and blessing us with His presence on this 11 day journey!