The journey not the arrival matters" - T.S. Elliot
Day 3 - Beaver, UT to Grand Junction, CO - Daily Distance 235 miles, The Bucket Trip Distance - 950 miles
Today was the day when I noticed something peculiar about our trip.
We don't really stop.
Sure, we make pit stops for food or the restrooms. But we are really stopping to see anything.
Until today.
There was a turn out to see Early Castle Valley. It was my first opportunity to get out of the car and see SOMETHING that didn't have something to do with pumping gas or expelling gas.
When the car stopped, I bounced out of the car and started snapping photos. Typically, I would react like Clark Griswold when his family arrived at the Grand Canyon and want to get out of there as quickly as possible.
Today was different.
Today I couldn't get enough of the sights.
But stopping for too long really isn't an option. We've been making good time but each day is a race against the my mom's stamina level.
I hopped back in the car and we were back on the way to Colorado.
As we continued our drive, the terrain changed into something that looked very familiar to me.
It began to look like the terrain from the movie, Cars.
Now at Disney California Adventure, Carsland is about to open. In fact it will open while I'm on The Bucket Trip. It is probably the most important event at the Disneyland Resort since July 17th, 2005 when we celebrated our 50th birthday.
An event that I missed because my father had passed away 3 days earlier.
Looking at these amazing rock formations, I realized one thing.
Right now, I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be.
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