Jason and I have been wanting to take advantage of the cultural attractions that abound in this city, specifically the museums and the zoo. Unfortunately, cultural awareness has a price; and having no jobs, it’s no surprise that we can’t afford it. October 1 is Founders’ Day at the San Diego Zoo. The big deal about that is they have free admission that day. Luckily, I found out about this special event on September 30.

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We’re both from rural areas. Myself especially, but even York isn’t quite up to par with contemporary “urban.” Being in a decent-sized city like San Diego, we like to experience a lot of things that one won’t typically find in small-town USA.

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Every Wednesday at Ocean Beach (a part of San Diego), a section of Newport Avenue is blocked off to host their farmers’ and artists’ market. This is one of those few places you find where you see a truly diverse gathering of people from all over the world selling their goods– Lyndi and I both fell in love with it instantly. This is also where we were introduced to our favorite new feel-good beverage, Yerba Maté, and along with that the people selling it– the Twelve Tribes.

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Scientology is one of those words that whenever you hear it, you risk a physical convulsion. Throughout the years, we’ve seen the “church” being bashed on the media, and endorsements from members such as Tom Cruise don’t seem to help its image. And for many in my own generation, South Park has provided the most ample education of what Scientology is about.

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It’s been 39 days, 8500 miles, 17 states, 3 fights, innumerable Subway sandwiches, and hundreds of thousands of dead bugs on our windscreen.

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From our campsite in Coconino National Forest, it was but a hop, skip and jump to Green Valley, a mostly-retirement community outside of Tucson where Jason’s Pappy Kormos lives. Getting in near noon, he offered us lunch, but instead we begged for showers! Two bathrooms meant we both finally got ourselves free of the grit we’d been plagued with for the last 7 days.

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After having breakfast and taking some more pictures in Sedona, we drove for a few hours to the Petrified Forest. As you may know, these were trees from millions of years ago that got buried in a swamp, covered in silt and volcanic ash, and eventually each cell got replaced by silica and turned to stone.

It’s very interesting, geologically speaking, and the individual specimens are beautiful. The park is huge though, and there are only so many tree chunks. It was extremely different than what I expected - I imagined tree upon fallen tree of stone creating a literal forest. It was actually very much a desert, with the occasional stop-off or path with interesting views. In truth, there were WAY more specimens in the cheesy Indian souvenir stores that surrounded the outside of the park!

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It was only a short drive from the Grand Canyon to Sedona. This is a small community with a lot of artists and new-age types. (re: lots of psychics that we didn’t bother with). I believe they all gather here because Sedona is surrounded by a number of “high-energy” areas they call vortices. Scientifically, they are areas of high electromagnetic activity, probably brought on by the metals in the large rocks.

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Procrastination is key when you visit the Grand Canyon. Though we were advised to stick to the South Rim, we hit the North Rim first as it was closer. It was already getting a bit late, and we’d switched time zones so much that we weren’t sure what time it was anyway. But as we approached the entrance to Grand Canyon National Park, the usual fee station was abandoned, with a note that said “Pass On Through.” Excellent, that saved us $25. The majority of the surroundings were not what we expected whatsoever. That is, it’s completely surrounded by forests and grassy meadows. And since the canyon itself is big, the encompassing park is larger still.

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After our eventful voyage through Colorado, our next stop was Bryce Canyon, Utah. Basically, Bryce Canyon’s stunning rocks were both laid by water (as sedimentary rocks), and then carved by water, over millions of years. The combination of the sculpted rocks and the trees that grow around them combine to create a place of unrivaled beauty.

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