McGowens on the Move: God's Creations Great & Small

Howdy Followers!

Wow God is wonderful!! Day 2 has been amazing and full of adventures. We drove all day Monday through New Mexico (not much but desert). But I did have to stop to get some postcards & a travel bag, of course! We spent the night at a state park (which we pulled in around 10:30pm). The next morning we woke up to a beautiful sunrise along the desert sands and an amazing campsite with your own shower/bathroom stall! Mack and I took the dogs for a 4 mile hike where there were tons of Jackrabbits!! I have never seen so many! (This was a great chance to teach the dogs to "heel!")

When we got back the 10 minute tent pack up was done and a full day of driving quickly commenced!!

Day 3: Was an even more beautiful day. I have found every state gets more and more beautiful but each has it's own beauty!! We drove into Arizona-hot! Lots of straight and curvy roads! We headed to the Hoover Dam, not expecting or knowing what was to come. We pulled into a security station (where of course out truck got checked..dogs enjoyed that!) then headed down the hill to what was the most amazing but scariest thing yet!! We got to be in TWO places at ONCE which was neat!!

I remembered the bridge from Transformers and Miss Congeniality 2! Of course why would there be SO much security for a Dam if not a secret government layer underneath?!! I did watch these kids pour out a water bottle and the water come back up at you, which was awesome and I had to try!! As we gazed out at all the beauty and the drop we were speachless!

Then, to the Grand Canyon we went!! We found a TON of license plates we didn't have. Walked into the park, saw an elk, didn't know where to go-all trees then BAM, the GORGEOUS Grand Canyon!! It was SO BEAutiful it looked fake!! It was hard to picture how amazing it was and how far it went. We looked over the edge and tried to hold tight to our phones as we took pictures! We met some nice people (and I got some postcards & a bag along the way!)

AND across the next state line we went to Nevada! Hot, but a dry hot which wasn't bad. We stayed a La Quinta, free dogs, wifi and breakfast! Not too shabby! Headed out to Vegas that night!! Yes, Wheel of Fortune was fun but not my friend that night, did pretty good, only lost $7! The Strip lights were AMAZING!! I'm a light FANATIC!! We watched the Bellagio water show to the Pink Panther song, walked around, ate at Serendipity 3, saw the pirate show, took TONS of pictures then headed back! 2 1/2 hours on The Strip was enough for us!!