Grand Canyon. That was today’s plan. Well, I woke up half an hour later and Colin was very impatient. Seriously, I need at least seven hours’ of sleep in order to be able to drive such a long distance. And last night, we slept late. As I have said before, if I have to get up early the next day, we better sleep early the night before. Also, I do need to wash my hair and so on in the morning and as for him, just wash up, dress up and go.
That goes back to the first agreement that we have – a relaxing holiday. I think, in the end, our definition of relax is different. For him, it is less of travel and for me, it is more of sleep.
That also make me realised that the way I treated JP was not quite right. Last time, I always didn’t understand why she needs to sleep for ten hours and I always waited at the door impatiently for her. That is good that I feel that way now. At least I can truly put myself into her shoes. After all, people are different from each other and there is no way to change. But to understand and accommodate. Am I right? Pity that it is a bit too late to realise this.
Therefore, I don’t blame Colin for feeling that way. In fact, he was quiet the whole morning.
OK. Back to the trip. Took an hour drive to reach the Hoover Dam which is in Arizona. The reason of building such a dam is because of the flooding of the Colorado River. It is the largest dam in America and it is quite spectacular. And after visiting the dam, we rush off to Grand Canyon which took us another four hours to reach. As pressurised by Colin, I was driving at 90 mph. Kind of quite exciting.
Basically, the national park has a few views for us to stop. It is the most breathtaking scene I have ever seen. It is somewhat like a very long stretch of “cliffs” and the formation of such a wonder is still a mystery to me. Whether it is worth of driving ten hours today is still in doubt.
The West Rim can only reach by the shuttle bus. And we managed to catch the last bus and managed to see the sunset. While we were in the bus, waiting to return to the part centre, there was one very old couple and one young couple. As the conversation exchanged, we learnt that the old man has been through the World War II while the younger one has been through the Golf War. We joked that Colin should tell them that he is from the Singapore Army and get ready to start the World War III.