All tagged Indian Garden

This UNESCO World Heritage Site is so vast, its imagery so poetic and its grandeur so physically imposing that it was impossible to capture it on camera as our human eyes perceived it to be and even now we struggle to capture it with our words. As such, we earnestly believe that everybody should make this trip at some point in their lifetime (circumstances permitting) so as to marvel at the magnificent beauty of the Grand Canyon for themselves. Click here to read helpful tips if you are planning a visit.

Our road trip began in Phoenix (Arizona), inside a desert valley tinged with the quintessential beige and yellow setting that was to be expected and decorated with the most peculiar breed of cacti (Saguaro). Driving north from Phoenix, we were enchanted by the way that the landscape transformed in what can only be described as a blend of both desert, forest and fertile rock valleys. Bears, deer, elk, pine trees, snow capped mountains and rocky creeks were the norm in Flagstaff (Arizona) and the surrounding area as was the much cooler temperature. However, further north as we approached the Grand Canyon, the land reverted to a quasi-desert, with rocky ground and thorny shrubs dotting the landscape. Continuing north along the border and into Utah the land turned once more into a desert, with not a tree in sight. Finally, after some hours of driving into Utah at an elevation of 8,000 ft. (2.40 km), the land changed once more to a series of flat plains, interrupted by vast and fertile canyons.

Come along for the ride as we share some helpful tips while recounting our epic road trip throughout Northern Arizona and Utah.