when i was here in 2005, we used to pass bedrock city on the way to flagstaff and i would look at it longingly from the passengers seat. i spent 4 years longing to come back to the grand canyon, and hopefully, finally, visit bedrock city. bedrock city is a flinstones themed RV park. you can spend the night, and also pay $5 to get into the theme park. since i've been here, i've been able to visit 2 times. once with my friends and once with my parents. it's become a highlight of life here - the food is cheap, the people are fantastic, the gift shop is scary and dusty and there is a cute dog who roams around the diner. when i think about friends coming to visit, bedrock city is always a must. when tourists ask what they should do here, i always mention it. i like the grand canyon, and i like national parks, but i like this stuff too. my mom asked our waitress how bedrock city came to be - and she said that one night a man had a dream about it. well - she wasn't sure if it was a dream at night, or a "dream" in the martin luther king sense. either way, he had a dream. and either way, i'm glad he was able to realize the dream.
i don't like to over edit my pictures, but it seemed like the only way to show this place - it felt appropriate. todd oldham did a much better job of photographing this place - and he has a great book. this is a link to the amazon page for it. you can see some of his pictures that are better than mine. i wish i would have taken more pictures of the interior of the houses. since i've been out here, the thought of taking pictures of interior spaces rarely crosses my mind.
http://www.amazon.com/Bedrock-City-Place-Space-Oldham/dp/1934429015
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