{"id":1555,"date":"2014-10-14T10:50:15","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T08:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/141080.com\/?p=1555"},"modified":"2020-02-03T00:11:01","modified_gmt":"2020-02-02T22:11:01","slug":"usa-tag-19-grand-canyon-flagstaff-birthday-2014-10-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wandernotizen.com\/en\/usa-tag-19-grand-canyon-flagstaff-geburtstag-2014-10-14\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Day 19: Grand Canyon, Flagstaff, Birthday (2014-10-14)"},"content":{"rendered":"

USA Day 19: It's 12 o'clock, midnight. Awakened by the loudest and most terrible alarm clock imaginable, Dennis sits bolt upright in bed, trying to comprehend what's happening.<\/p>\n

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In that very moment, Helene starts the first words of her birthday song. Oh my God! THANK YOU, SWEETHEART.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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After a few hours of sleep, there was a delicious birthday breakfast, which was actually planned for the room. But somehow that hadn't worked out.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Departure for the Grand Canyon. Today Dennis got to be chauffeured around by Helene.<\/p>\n

We found a great route, Desert View, and got a great tip from a ranger for continuing on. We actually found an even more beautiful spot afterward, completely without tourists. Great!<\/p>\n

The Grand Canyon is truly impressive and lives up to its name. Unfortunately, you can't capture its dimensions in pictures.<\/p>\n

But the two points we originally wanted to visit, Monument Valley and Skywalk, are about 400 km apart. Impossible for a day trip.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Next, we continued to Flagstaff, a historic small town in Arizona. Generally, these small towns are much nicer than LA, Las Vegas, and all those other places.<\/p>\n

We're strolling leisurely through the city and winding down the birthday with a delicious dinner.<\/p>\n