I just returned from a great roadtrip to the Grand Canyon. This was my first time there, and the Grand Canyon definitely lived up to its reputation. Here are some highlights of the trip.

Phoenix:

• Eating the Big Unit at the Alice Cooperstown restaurant. The Big Unit is a monster two-foot sausage with all the fixins that prompts a bell to be rung whenever it is ordered. Big U-NIIIT!

Flagstaff

• Staying at the Little America, a great hotel that put us up in an awesome suite.
• An unexpected snowstorm that blanketed the city and streets with new snow.
• Amazing beer-battered fish tacos at San Felipes restaurant, which is no small feat considering San Diego knows fish tacos.

Grand Canyon

• The Grand Canyon itself. There’s good reason it’s not called the “Pretty Good Canyon”.
• Watching a helicopter retrieve a car from inside the Grand Canyon used by someone who committed suicide by driving into the canyon.

Miscellaneous

• Getting to drive a few miles on historic Route 66. Exciting…and oftentimes weird.
• Arizona radio stations can play only two songs: “Bad Romance” by Lady Gaga (“Ra-Ra Ah-Ah-Ah”) and “Party in the USA” by Miley Cyrus (“And the Jay-z song was on!”). I’m ashamed to admit I kind of like them now.

Photos on the way soon.