Personal Narrative: Journey To The Grand Canyon

My grandmother, Carol Gondringer, was 25 years old in 1968. 48 years ago was a very different it was very inexpensive back then the gas prices were low, and the motels were only a few bucks which made it an idle time to have a road trip. My grandma and her four friends Ruthie, Bonnie, Cathy, and Carol decided that they wanted to go on a road trip when they would meet up to discuss topics. They decided they wanted to go to the Grand Canyon because my grandma’s grandma had been there before and she said that the Grand Canyon had mule rides. Their goal was to make it to the Grand Canyon, but they also wanted to stop anywhere the wanted on the way there.
When they left the state of Minnesota they stumbled upon museum of miscellaneous things to look at. On that day the museum had a old claw foot bath tub sitting out in the front that they all took a picture with all of them in it. Also in South Dakota they also stopped at an old car museum because Ruthie liked old cars. When they arrived in the badlands they really took in its natural beauty. They stayed at a pretty nice motel in the badlands, and at night the rangers had been showing slides describing how the area was made and all of the various creatures in the area one of the animals was a …show more content…
During her time to drive to break the monotony her, some guys in a jeep, and a semi played leap frog when there was no other cars around. They visited to the town of Jackson they had not heard of the town before then and that night they had a mock gunfight in the street. They stayed at a hotel of the name Virginia because one of Carol’s favorite books. The following day they went to Snow King Mountain and took a ski lift to the top of the mountain. They spent a few days in Jackson shopping at their selection of little shops. Then they stayed at a ranch motel between Jackson and Yellowstone. On their visit to Yellowstone they saw old faithful and the