Our last night at the Canyon and on the road to New Mexico

We ended the day with seeing three elk from about 15 feet or less as seen in the pictures---we arrived back at the camp site to see four mule deer at the end of the road so we stopped and took a few pictures from about seven feet away--- later that night I took Stacey to a viewing area to see the stars without any light pollution (it was the first time that she had ever seen the milky way)--the sun had set but you were able to still see a little light--then all of the sudden the starts started "popping out"--what a view more stars than we could ever count with total darkness-- we woke up early, packed up and started the drive to New Mexico along the way we stopped at a local "route 66" shop and then we caught the painted desert & petrified forest (check out the ancient drawings on the rocks (it stated they are from 1100-1300s))--we got into Albuquerque this evening--tomorrow it is on to more adventures--love Frank & Stacey