Sunset Crater, Wupatki, Grand Canyon, Devil's Bridge, Jerome

On Saturday, my friend Alex drove up from Tucson to check out Northern Arizona.  We put my Parks Pass to good use!

First stop: Sunset Crater

Next up, Wupatki.

As we headed to the Grand Canyon, we stopped at one of the scenic viewpoints.  Here's the Little Colorado River.  Impressive!

We went to Desert Vista, and climbed to the top.  The canyon was pretty hazy.  

Then we drove to Bright Angel to check out the hotels.  We walked down the Bright Angel Trail a little bit.

And there we saw a Western Tanager!  So beautiful.

We ate dinner at the Bright Angel Lodge and then headed back to Flagstaff.

The next morning, we woke up early, picked up my friend Karen, and drove down Oak Creek Canyon.  We stopped off at Devil's Bridge to take some photos:

 And then ate lunch in Jerome.  The picture is looking inside of a kaleidoscope at the awesome Nellie Bly's (you can check out the store here http://nellieblyscopes.com)

 Then we headed to my friend's house for some music and bbq.  A most excellent weekend!