Day 6-But It's A Dry Heat

So we woke up to a 45 degree wet and soggy tent about 10 miles from the Grand Canyon. It took us about an hour to get out of the tent and get everything organized, so we came to the conclusion that we should just skip the Canyon and head to Tucson to see my aunt. We headed to flagstaff and on the way stopped at the lava tube which was about 5 miles into a random forest on a dirt road. We only went down about 200 ft and
realized that it was completely pitch black.

We arrived in Tucson around 7 our time, and drove up to my aunt's cliff side house, providing a spectacular view of the Arizona sunset across the entire city of Tucson. After settling in for a hour or so we headed out to eat at El Charro, an authentic Mexican restaurant in downtown Tucson.

After dinner we went with my cousin to The Sculpture Resource Center, a workshop where you can spend hours creating art. There his friend gave us a small lesson on metal working and blacksmithing, where we worked our hands to death till 1 in the morning.

Tomorrow we are heading to our most western destination of this road trip: San Diego.

-louie