Day of Departure!

The first day of our trip was great! We both had work until 2 o'clock that afternoon and as soon as we got home, we gathered the last of our things, said our goodbyes to Layla and our roommate Jacob, and set out to take care of a few errands before we officially left Flagstaff. 

By the time we were on the 89 and heading out of Flagstaff, it was a little after 4 p.m. Our car is packed to max capacity!

We drove north and found ourselves in two completely different areas just a few miles away from each other. We were in a desert with distant hills and mountains...

... And then we drove up a mountain and found ourselves in the Jacob lake area, which was randomly located in the middle of Kanab, UT which was cool.

Throughout our drive, we listened to NPR on the radio for a majority of the way. We can now tell you all about the experiment that cured typhus by using blood-eating lice.

On the way up the mountain, Michael almost gave me (Kelsey) a heart attack. I have a mild fear of heights so I was being pretty gutsy and looking out the window over the edge of a huge mountainside that looks over a valley. Meanwhile, he decides to slam the breaks and I literally thought we were going to die. Obviously, my initial reaction was to punch him in the arm as hard as I could (... And I felt pretty good when he admitted it hurt a little).

We also saw a deer on our way through Jacob Lake, which is such a gorgeous place, and we ended up stopping in Fredonia to buy some candy... But ended up buying some Mangoritas and beer instead! 

As noted, we had ended up getting a late start and camped in a free BLM site just north of Kanab! It took us a while to find a suitable place to call home for the night, but we finally settled down for our first night! 

And it ended up getting dark within 10 minutes of us choosing a spot!

Michael grilled us delicious steaks in our camping pans that are seriously great (thanks Mumzy!) and using some great silverware from our friend Jack :)

Our first day, we went 215 miles and got 40.5 mpg.