After spending a few days running around Albuquerque like a bunch of tourists, my mother, nephew Jared, and I hopped on I-40 and headed west. We stopped in Flagstaff, AZ for the night, and then headed up toward the Grand Canyon. On our way up to the Canyon, we found a great tourist shop and took a bunch of pictures!

My nephew stands in front of one of the great props in front of the Double Eagle trading post, which boasted animal parts and native american crafts. Part of my reason for stopping here was to see if I could find some raccoon tails for my bass. My cats chewed up one of the ones I had, and I have a new bass -- must have a tail for each bass, soooooo....

As you can see, I was very successful on my quest for raccoon tails! I also found the "Skull Shack" filled with skulls of cows, goats, deer, etc. When I was little, my cousin Jude had a bull's skull in his room with red lights for the eyes -- I was terrified of it as a kid, but when I grew up, I wanted one too. So, although I already had a bull's skull with red lights for eyes in my house, it was fun to look at the other skulls. Yes, I use dead animals in all my decorating Eat beef, wear leather, dammitt!!

While I was off checking out the dead animals, my mom was getting into trouble of her own. Here, she finds a new friend, who, unfortunately, just sat there like a wooden indian...

Soon it was time to hook up the horses and hop in the coach -- the Grand Canyon awaited!!