I have mixed feeling about this place. Harus diakui, keputusan "mampir" ke Joshua Tree National Park dalam trip kemarin adalah keputusan yang salah hahaha. Kami sedikit lupa kalo kami travel dengan bayi, dan jujur aja, hal itu merubah semua. Speed jadi berkurang, dikit-dikit harus berhenti karna bayi bosan di mobil, belum lagi pasang car seat di mobil sewaan juga jadi PR tersendiri. But well, it happened and we took it as valuable lesson for us, as new parent.
As a big fan of Natural History Museum, coming to the extended opening hours are a must! Kapan lagi bisa ngerasain night a the museum di tempat asli shootingnya yekan. So here we go our experience in American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) yang ada di New York City.
I really underestimate this one at the beginning. I mean, compared to the great Grand Canyon, I thought Zion is just "another famous national park". But I was wrong! Zion was so beautiful and dreamy. Not exaggerating, it was like entering another world.
Di perjalanan kami dari Zion National Park ke Las Vegas, kami sempat mampir ke salah satu state park tertua di US, yaitu Valley of Fire. Tempat ini masuk ke state Nevada dan dikelola oleh pemerintah state, jadi statusnya adalah State Park. Thats why, even sudah punya American Beautiful Pass (pass buat masuk ke national park), kita tetep harus bayar entrance fee $15 per kendaraan saat memasuki wilayah ini.
Here come the star of the show: The Great Grand Canyon. Grand Canyon terletak di Arizona, sekitar 4,5 jam dari Las Vegas. Tapi karena kami ngide ke Joshua Tree National Park dulu, jadilah it took around 6 hours menuju kesini dari California. Sepanjang perjalanan asli sepi banget. It just us with road and the sky. Kami sempet berhenti di rest area buat makan di Wendys and grabbed a coffee before heading to Seligman (the famous route 66) then going straight to Grand Canyon.
Happy winter break!
Semenjak stay di US pengen BANGET bisa explore National Park yang ada disini. Constrain besar kami saat ini adalah ada bayi 15 bulan yang harus ikut dibawa kemana-mana kita pergi lol. Sedangkan national park kan outdoor, mostly butuh road trip. It took us quite a while before deciding to go. As a parent we worried about his wellbeing during the trip.
"Mau makan gak ya"
"Nanti tidur siangnya gimana"
"Duduk di carseat lama bosen gak ya dia"
At the end we decided to give it a go. If it not going well, at least we tried.