Grand Canyon 2019

We packed up, loaded up, grabbed some breakfast and hit the road. We stopped in Flagstaff long enough to swap one of the vans for a “turtle top” (airport shuttle van) – so that there would be the proper number of the right kinds of vehicles in the right places for next weeks tours – […]

Following breakfast we boarded our vans for the trip to Peach Springs Canyon. Leaving the Interstate we bumped our way down Route 66 enjoying the scenery and the Burma Shave signs along the way. We stopped in Seligman long enough to pick up our permits from the Hualapai Game and Fish office then bounced our

The day started out like any other. OK, not quite. We were up and in the vans by 5:45 (those of us who accepted the challenge to get up in the middle of the night) and off to Yavapai Point to watch the sunrise. Then it was back to the vans and back to the

We were told that the “lazy” part of our tour was over. Today begins the “active” part. So we checked out of our Sedona hotel and took off for the Grand Canyon. We headed toward Flagstaff up Oak Creek Canyon. The canyon follows a major fault line and we talked about the differences in geology

We may have mentioned that Sedona is a new age center for, well, new agey stuff. Here are a couple of pictures to illustrate. Just sayin’.

Our first destination this morning was Montezuma’s Castle, a cliff dwelling south of Sedona. Our guide/trail boss/general factotum, Gael and Paul, the driver of the other van, gave us an orientation to the site, discussing the culture of the builders, their farming methods, and theories of why they built structures such as these. Then it

Before we start, there’s a photo I forgot to include yesterday. From the Gift Shop at the Tuba City Trading Post: Now on to today. We start with a picture of our vans. This is because we have a reputation of going everywhere on massive tour busses, taking up too many parking spaces and disgorging

Today we left Kanab and headed for Sedona. There are a couple of ways to get there. We chose the one that took us past Glen Canyon Dam …and Lake Powell We stopped for lunch in Tuba City AZ. Tuba City is in the Navajo Nation so we were immediately confused about time (Even though

It’s not that we weren’t blown away by the beauty of the North Rim. We will surely return to spend more time wandering its trails. But for some reason (and remember, our base of operations is Kanab) we (the birthday girl) decided that it would be fun to head another direction today. So we left

We rose, breakfasted, and were on our way to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. We stopped for lunch in Kanab (our base of operations for the next couple of days. Then it was on to the canyon. Along the way we stopped to take a couple of pictures of some farm artwork. Arriving