This one is for you Kate on your first day in Quito... Memories of pizza and Bud watching the sun go down at North Rim Grand Canyon.
There can surely be few spots more satisfying to munch on lukewarm pizza and an even warmer beer than this. We'd done a fair few miles that day: headed into Arizona via Lake Powell and a personal favourite spot, Horseshoe Canyon, then took a visit to the consistently mesmerising Antelope Canyon before driving up and over plateaus and ridges to the forested North Rim. Page, AZ is home to a large Safeway Supermarket where I did a significant amount of shopping in my days as a tour leader buying supplies for the 14 passengers I was camping and hiking with, but Page today become the place to grab a good pizza which we sat on the back seat of the convertible (usually reserved for Kate's bag and a box of beer!) and drove half way across the state to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon before it was cracked open.
We chased the sunset through golden forested hues and caught glimpses of the spectacle which awaited us then, on arrival at the car park, flew out of the car and leapt (beer in one hand, pizza in other) towards the canyon rim. A few deft steps upwards to perch on a rock and we were set. Slightly soggy dough, a gentle fizz in the beer. Cheers.
ps: saw a mountain lion on the journey home. Oh yes!
Wow, I thought only people in the movies drove through American canyons in open-top cars. There's a lot to be said for outdoor drinking - if it wasn't raining all the time I'd do a lot more of it. Great pic - and good luck with the blog!
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