Grand Canyon to California

Hey kids, Flat Stanley Here. The trip is finally coming to an end.

Here is a picture of me at the Grand Canyon. It is such a big canyon. The Grand Canyon is 277 miles long and 6,000 feet deep. Nearly two billion years of the Earth's geological history have been exposed by the Colorado river. Remember those dinosaur bones and petrified wood were 225 million years old? That means that if you peeled back layers of the earth the dinosaurs would be found in the top 10% of the canyon depth. Pretty cool huh?

Next we took a ride through the Death Valley National Park. This was a really fun ride. The roads went up and down like a roller coaster and the curves in the roads were fun to roll through.





Some parts of death valley are at 5,000 feet of elevation and other parts are below sea level. At the top of the hills it was cold and at the bottom it was hot. What a fun ride.





One of the coolest things happened to us in death valley. Some Air Force Jets were flying around the desert practicing. One flew right towards us only 1,000 feet off the ground. The jet tipped it's wing to the right to get a look at us. We threw up our fist in approval and the aircraft turned completely sideways looking right at us before leveling out and speeding over the hill behind us. The force from the jet engine shook the motorcycle and we could feel it through our whole body. It was totally AWESOME!!!

Finally we arrived in our home town. Home Sweet home.







Here is a picture of me going down No Name Lane (right next to H. Clark Powers)






Here is a picture of the Harley all dirty from the long ride. It really needs a bath.







Here is a picture of all the bugs that were splattered along the way...Gross! My favorite splat was a giant bug in Tennessee. It has been a fun trip. I can't wait to see you guys in school.