journeyacrossamerica: April 18th Grand Canyon

Welcome to our journey

This is a record of our road trip adventure as we take our first forage into the states with the truck camper and novice camper Daisy Doodle. The plan is to leave tomorrow, the 26th, and spend the first night with good friends inPort Stanley then accross the border at Detroit the next day. From there to the south! Far enough Rob says to remove the long underwear and put on the sandals! After we get a couple of days of relaxation it will be making our leasurely way to California
and up the west coast to Vancouver Island for the middle of May for the anticipated birth of a new granddaughter!

Monday 18 April 2011

April 18th Grand Canyon

When we left Phoenix yesterday, it was a sunny 85+. Then we headed west and started climbing. By the time we arrived in Flagstaff we had hit an altitude of 7,000 ft. What a change in scenery and climate. Still sunny but cooler. Surprised though, that there was still cacti out there. Now it's pines and thin pastureland.
We ended up at a KOA just outside Williams yesterday. They have an indoor pool but so far haven't tried it out.
Today we headed to the Grand Canyon.... we've seen pictures, movies, T.V., ... even watched an IMAX movie at the National Geographic visitor's centre today... but nothing prepared us for the real thing!!!!
It is mind blowing!! It is so overwelming you just want to cry! I've never seen anything that compares to it! And we only saw a small part of it!! TOTALLY AWESOME!!
It was very busy there but it's National Parks Week so it was free admission and also a lot of the kids are on Easter break. So parking at some of the look outs was next to impossible for us but we still managed a few stops. Have the pictures to prove it!
Tomorrow we are heading along Route 66 to Kingman. We are looking at camping out there for a few days to take day trips to see more of the Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, London Bridge and the Hoover Dam!