We went to Torrey 3 weeks ago to see grandma Jan. It is still as beautiful as ever down there.
We tried really hard to make sure we wouldn't wear her out while we were there, so we made her promise not to cook for us, and we made manicotti before we left home so we could have it for dinner Saturday night.
When we got there Friday night, she had pulled pork sandwiches and potato salad ready for us. Then Saturday she made us a huge breakfast. Then she made us homemade pizza for lunch. Then she made us another huge breakfast Sunday.
She is very disobedient.
To make up for all the cooking she was doing, we helped her plant her garden. We're basically farmers now.
After our foray into farming we hiked Kohab Canyon. It's still one of our favorites down there. The switchbacks at the beginning are rough, but the views are incredible.
Once you get up into the actual canyon there are tons of little offshoots to explore, rocks to climb, lizards to catch... Rand was in heaven..
His rock climbing only required one rescue mission.
We explored this crack, found some pretty desert flowers, and spotted a tiny little arch up high in the rocks.
We stopped at the little cabin near the park campground and tried to buy some pie, but they were sold out for the day already, so we settled for shakes at Slackers. We got back to gram's and discovered the homemade pizza, so we ate again. Then we had dinner like 3 hours later. Then we all went into a food coma.
Somehow Caulder was able to power through and play his guitar for us, which grandma LOVED. They talked songs and chords and ukeleles in between him singing. It was so fun.
We got up Sunday, ate some MORE, and tried to drive home on a very full stomach.
If I'm honest, Cole drove the entire way. I slept off the bacon and waffles for the first 2 hours of the drive, then won an award for being the world's best road trip buddy!
It was so good to see Grandma again, and Torrey will always be a happy place for me.
