The Grand Canyon is truly of the most beautiful places on Earth but unfortunately it also overshadows many surrounding natural treasures that are worth your visit. One of those very special, must see places in the United States is Arizona’s Petrified Forest, the star of our family road trip’s 35th day.
Yes, that REALLY, REALLY is "Mater" from the movies Cars and Cars 2. This particular vehicle was the inspiration for that Disney Pixar's character.
The glorious Meteor Crater where Apollo astronauts trained for the moon.
Day 8 of the PapiBlogger Family Road Trip featured a visit to the nation’s oldest house and church and then onto a major drive to the world’s most famous crater on our way to the day’s final destination, the Grand Canyon.
OLDEST HOUSE AND CHURCH IN U.S. DISAPPOINTING
We bid farewell to Santa Fe with a lightning quick visit to the oldest house and church in the United States, both of which are literally right across from each other and both of which are barely worth more than a photo op to brag you were there. You can’t go inside or even peek through the window of “oldest house” (built in 1646) and as for the oldest church (built 1610) it is covered with scaffolds and construction right now. The kids liked knowing they had visited both buildings because they are the “oldest” things in their categories but you could easily skip them.
In front of all you see in front of the oldest house in the United States.
A number of our dear readers have recently asked, begged and/or plead for us to consider not going to Arizona because of its anti-immigration laws. We don’t do political stuff at PapiBlogger but at the same time we have to admit that we don’t agree with most anything Arizona’s government is trying to do.
That said, there’s one major reason why the Papimobile (aka our 2010 Chevrolet Traverse) will go to Arizona: God made the Grand Canyon and He trumps all politics. If you know me, you know that I always teach my children that the Lord is not a Republican, Democrat or Independent (I’ll be writing about that in the future).
Besides, what credible adventure showcasing our nation’s diversity would be complete without visiting the Grand Canyon? It would be a shame to let politics get in the way of a place where your children can truly behold the mighty wonders of God.
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