My travel partner, Roland, and I drove across Nevada into Arizona to visit the spectacular Grand Canyon National Park. Exposing nearly 2 billion years' worth of history in its formation, this breath-taking natural environment was more beautiful in real life than we had ever expected. We initially visited the popular South Rim, open year-round and an area packed with historic buildings surrounding the Grand Canyon Village. While it felt like a tourist trail, we were so pleased to be here.

We carried on up towards Utah, where a 7-hour drive in our rented car took us into the tiny town of Page. The next adventure takes us into Antelope Canyon and the Horse shoe bend, a spectacular art of natures carve by the desert rain many years and snaking deep down the Utah plain. The plan from here is to hike, white-water raft, and take advantage of all the cool stuff this red state has to offer to the visitor. Stay with us on the journey to find out what we decide to do next.

The ancient land surrounding the Grand Canyon, carved by the Colorado River, was known to have been first inhabited by the Ancestral Puebloans.