I woke up real early. Before 6am kind of early. I guess the travelling and the time change made that happen. My sister, her daughter, and I went for some great coffee at a place called the Firecreek Coffee Company. As a nice little bonus they were playing Bibio in there. Her daughter is adorable. A really sweet and easy kid. Afterwards we packed up the car and had some lunch before I headed on out on the second leg of my adventures.
When you step off the Southwest Chief at the Flagstaff train station the road right in front of you is Route 66. I love when train stations are in the heart of a town or city. Anyway, I took Route 66 to US Route 89 and headed north. I had planned for it to be shorter drive kind of day because I knew I would be leaving in the afternoon. My main plan was to get to the Bryce Canyon area of Utah and find somewhere to sleep.
The drive was pretty easy and at some points overwhelmingly beautiful. Much of the drive on that part of 89 is alongside the Grand Canyon. While you can't see the main attraction, you are driving through colourful canyon country. The most beautiful part of the drive was just after Bitter Springs at the 89 and 89A intersection. 89 heads west before climbing way up and showing you an epic view. I crossed the Colorado river at Lake Powell and left Arizona for Utah. I hit some snow around Glendale in Utah. It wasn't so bad but I passed a few cars in the ditch. I arrived at my destination on time and had me an early night.
