We left Paso Robles and headed east towards the Grand Canyon. During this trip we have experienced every climate and terrain that the US has to offer. We have seen plains, mountains, the coast and now we are headed for the desert. Along the way we went through the Mohavi Desert preserve where the temperature was 107 and at one point we saw gas for $4.69...YIKES! We reached the Grand Canyon just in time to catch a shuttle out to Yaki Point where we saw a breath taking Grand Canyon sunset. It was so beautiful it almost looks like a painting. 
Once the sun had set we walked back to the shuttle bus stop where the bus was supposed to have its last pick up at 8:30. We were there from 8:15 to 9:00. NO SHUTTLE! We found ourselves stuck with two guys from South America. Luckily they were cool, spoke english and shared some water and snickers minis. After searching for phone numbers on the map with cell phone light we decided to walk the 3 mile trek by moon light to the visitor center and our cars. We soon see a flash of light. Oh joy! Someone with a car to give us a ride. But oh no. Brian the park ranger was nice enough to call us a cab but not nice enough to drive us the 5 minutes back to our car. So here is another piece of travel advice. Do not trust the bus drives and Brian the park ranger is a jerk face!
So we wait another 20 minutes thinking that Brain the jerk face has tricked us and is off telling his buddies that he left 4 stupid tourist out in the dark when we start to walk. Soon a really nice lady cab driver and her drunk hippie companion picked us up and WOW the entertainment value of that ride was worth missing the shuttle. My favorite quotes of many were...
“Do I still get to pee?”
“man, what are you doing out here man”
“Don't go in the bushes man. Mountain lions man”
In order to get the hilarity of the situation you have to picture a skinny white guy with shoulder length hair and he sounds that Tommy Chong.
Once we got back to the car we were so hungry we warmed tortillas with the heater and ate semi cold steak and pork tacos. Bless Rachel for sending us with yummy left overs. We drove the hour back to our cheaper hotel. At that point the $100 we saved did not feel worth it. Oh well...the secret to a successful vacation is to embrace the unexpected.
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