September 16, 2005 - the last day.
I don't know what woke me up this morning. Maybe it was the wisps of dawn streaking through the sky. Or maybe it was the fact that I had no feeling left in my entire body. Somewhere in the middle of the night, it had gotten so cold in my car (and outside it, obviously) that every single one of my extremities had gone numb. Including my nose, which is a bizarre feeling.
I ended up sitting on the edge of the Grand Canyon waiting for sunrise all by myself, freezing my you-know-what off. The worst part was that the cold actually froze my batteries - I put brand-new batteries in my camera, and they only lasted 2-3 shots. Luckily, those 2-3 shots were all I needed to capture the view...
I walked around the village a little bit, trying to restore feeling to my body, and came across something that you just don't see at home - some deer had come out to the village, to where all the people are, to partake of some fresh grass on the front lawn of a hotel there. They didn't care at all about all the people around - in fact, it seemed like they actually liked the attention. Go figure.
I ended up leaving the Grand Canyon a little earlier than I had anticipated - by this time, I was pretty much done with sightseeing and just wanted to be done with my car. So I cancelled my last stop - Bryce Canyon - and went instead straight to LA.
Well, not quite straight - I stopped for a couple hours to have lunch with my cousin's wife on an Army base in the middle of the Mojave desert. That was perhaps the most isolated place I've ever been - I didn't like it at all.
...which is a good thing, considering I'm now in Los Angeles. I arrived at around 6:00 local time (I'm pretty sure of that, anyway), and crashed pretty early. I had to get an early start on my next adventure - the rest of my life.
(Sorry - I had to close it with cheesiness. I couldn't resist!!! :) )
¶ 12:00 AM
I don't know what woke me up this morning. Maybe it was the wisps of dawn streaking through the sky. Or maybe it was the fact that I had no feeling left in my entire body. Somewhere in the middle of the night, it had gotten so cold in my car (and outside it, obviously) that every single one of my extremities had gone numb. Including my nose, which is a bizarre feeling.
I ended up sitting on the edge of the Grand Canyon waiting for sunrise all by myself, freezing my you-know-what off. The worst part was that the cold actually froze my batteries - I put brand-new batteries in my camera, and they only lasted 2-3 shots. Luckily, those 2-3 shots were all I needed to capture the view...
I walked around the village a little bit, trying to restore feeling to my body, and came across something that you just don't see at home - some deer had come out to the village, to where all the people are, to partake of some fresh grass on the front lawn of a hotel there. They didn't care at all about all the people around - in fact, it seemed like they actually liked the attention. Go figure.I ended up leaving the Grand Canyon a little earlier than I had anticipated - by this time, I was pretty much done with sightseeing and just wanted to be done with my car. So I cancelled my last stop - Bryce Canyon - and went instead straight to LA.
Well, not quite straight - I stopped for a couple hours to have lunch with my cousin's wife on an Army base in the middle of the Mojave desert. That was perhaps the most isolated place I've ever been - I didn't like it at all....which is a good thing, considering I'm now in Los Angeles. I arrived at around 6:00 local time (I'm pretty sure of that, anyway), and crashed pretty early. I had to get an early start on my next adventure - the rest of my life.
(Sorry - I had to close it with cheesiness. I couldn't resist!!! :) )¶ 12:00 AM
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