Sunday March 30th , 2008

We were up early this morning, and after making some last minute changes in the route that we would take, were on the road shortly after six AM. We stopped in Parker, AZ to get breakfast. We found a quaint little restaurant and enjoyed the meal. It was actually more than we could eat, so we packed some of it with us when we left.
It was just 100 miles to I-40, and since we traveling down SR 95 which goes through Lake Havasu City, we just couldn't bypass stopping and seeing London Bridge. We drove across it first and then came back and parked so that we could get out and have a first hand look.
Once we got on I-40 it was clear sailing all the way to Williams, AZ about 150 miles east. Well, that's what I was thinking any way. Barb is reading all the AAA tourist books and discovered that the Grand Canyon Caverns were located on old Route 66 about 25 miles west of Seligman, AZ. Since we had already gone past the western exit to get there, we back tracked on to Route 66 to visit the Caverns. The tour was about 45 minutes and we had to wait for 10 minutes to start, so now we are only a couple hours later than when we were expecting to be at the south rim of the Grand Canyon.
We arrived at the Red Feather Lodge in Tusayn, AZ, which is about a mile or so from the South entrance to the Park. We checked ourselves in, and since we were all going to be sharing one room, we ordered a cot for Christopher to sleep on. We then continued on to the park where my Golden Age pass got us all in for free. (25$ savings) By this time the wind had really come up and even though it was in the low 50's, it felt really cold. The forecast had been for wind up to 23 MPH for the afternoon.
After visiting a couple of the viewing locations, we headed over to the gift shop to look around. By the time we walked the quarter mile, we were actually getting snowed on. What a day to look forward to tomorrow we were all thinking, but the forecast was for calmer winds in the morning so we just tried not to think about it any more.
We had brought some food along in a cooler, so we located a microwave on the first floor that we could use, and carried some soup and other items down from the third floor to fix dinner. Over all things had gone pretty well with five of us in the car for most of the day. These little SUV's are not like riding in the Buick Park Avenue that we had traded in on it. We managed though quite well.

Red Lion Man (& Lady)

Enjoy today's slide show.