Memories memories
As I begin my journey on the shuttle to Phoenix to join my mum and sister in New York, this is the first opportunity where I do not have a list of university commitments to fulfil and I have spare time... It may be a few months too late, but I'd like to begin with the end of September, when my UoL friends, Grace and Zeinab, joined me in Tucson for ten days. As keen geologists, it would be impossible for these ladies to be in AZ and not visit the one and only Grand Canyon. We thought we’re only going to do this once, let's go all out and book a Mustang! It sounded perfect at the time, but for three leggy people, it wasn't as enjoyable as hoped. The scenery on the five hour journey was fantastic and it was incredible to notice how it changed with altitude as we climbed to 8000ft at times. Having packed light due to the camping gear taking up the majority of the boot space, we arrived in Tusayan and set up camp before sunset, eagerly awaiting the once in a lifetime opportuni