We had tickets to visit Spain, in July 2020, when the pandemic hit and canceled all tourism. Rather than get our money back, we "banked" our deposit with the tour company, Tauck, in hopes that someday we'd be able to travel again. That opportunity arrived earlier this month.
Though we visited the Grand Canyon together many, many years ago, we had never seen Bryce or Zion canyons and so decided to take Tauck's 8-day tour of "America's Canyonlands" through Arizona and Utah. Travel was by air-conditioned motorcoach and Tauck made all the arrangements—hotels, restaurants, and land and water excursions. Guests were responsible for their own travel to and from the tour. It was a bit rough living out of our luggage—each passenger was allowed only one large suitcase that had to be packed and ready by 7AM every morning!—plus we stayed in 7 different hotels over 8 nights. But as you can see here and over the four blog posts that follow, we had a fabulous time. We highly recommend Tauck for your next tour.
With COVID still very much in play, I was not yet ready to fly, so we rented a car and drove to AZ, where we met the rest of our crew. But first a visit with family in Phoenix and a day trip to see Taliesin West, Frank Lloyd Wright's former residence and training school, which (happily) was also hosting an exhibit of Chihuly glass sculptures. We spent the night at the Westin Kierland Resort in Scottsdale.
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