Simply Belle

Trips don’t have to cost much. Actually, it is more fun sleeping in a tent or in the back of the truck with a canopy. You don’t need a laptop or television to keep you entertained. Instead, you can just gaze at the sky and enjoy its beauty and fascination. It is so peaceful and relaxing watching the stars twinkle in the night sky like fireflies.

On this recent trip, we brought air mattress, quilts, pillows, water, toiletries, and some snacks. Our bed was quite comfortable and pretty spacious for the two of us. I don’t know about my husband but I slept well. It got so cold early in the morning that I had to get up and shut the back of the truck and the windows partially. We covered ourselves with thick quilt which made it nice and toasty the rest of the morning.

The only problem was we had to walk a little ways to avail of the bathroom. I avoided drinking too much at night so I didn’t have to make an early morning trip to Wal-Mart and it did the trick. What is so nice about Wal-Mart is they don’t mind people camping out in their parking lots as long as they stay over to the side and out of the way. And depending on the season, they open 24 hours a day.

Our truck parked behind Wal-Mart

Visitor center in Lake Powell

The next three pictures down were taken on the way to Flagstaff.

Native American tent known as “teepee.”

Beautiful red rock scenery to Lake Powell.

Aspen tree on the way to Flagstaff from Grand Canyon

Beautiful butterfly in Grand Canyon

Browsing deer in Grand Canyon

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I had my first three-day off at work this weekend without my children. They are now both in college staying in the dormitory. I suggested to my husband that we do some overnight trip within driving distance. My husband was thrilled with the idea and did all the preparations a week prior to our trip. We took air mattress, pillows, blankets, clothes, water, food, and some personal stuff. We slept in the truck under the canopy.

On the way to Grand Canyon, we stopped by at the university to see Lexie. We had lunch together, did some quick shopping and important errands.

Then we proceeded to our destinations: Lake Powell and Grand Canyon. We stayed overnight in the parking lot behind Wal-Mart in Page, AZ., where Lake Powell is located. For now though, let me first showcase to you pictures of the Grand Canyon. Photos were taken from 9 AM thru noon. Grand Canyon shows different shades and shadows as the sun moves along the sky. It would have been probably exciting to take photos at sunset but we couldn’t stay that late as we had four hours driving ahead of us to home. Besides, we were getting exhausted hopping in and out of the car to and from the viewpoints. Perhaps, we will catch it on our next overnight trip.

Have fun viewing!

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