Day 5 – March 15, 2017
After breakfast downstairs, we headed towards the Grand
Canyon. We arrived around 10/10:30 from
the east side and went to the Watchtower.
I was trying to keep the kids from looking ahead because I wanted to see
their faces when they saw the canyon for the very first time but I have to
admit that it wasn’t quite what I remembered and neither of the kids were
overwhelmed. We climbed to the top of
the watchtower and had fun experimenting with different camera filters, angles,
etc. then moved on east.
We stopped at a
few other lookouts then went towards the main Visitor Center for magnets and
hatpins but all 4 of the reasonably close parking lots were full. So we ended up parking at a grocery store and
eating grocery deli food outside at a picnic table. It was kind of annoying because this old
couple was talking at the top of their lungs on speaker phone to a person about
their vet who was running a slight fever and had diarrhea. Good grief.
After we ate a very average lunch, we walking about 2.5
miles on the Rim Trail, back to the main Visitor Center. The hike was nice and the views were
perfect.
After much bemoaning from the
kids, we arrived at the Visitor Center, got our hatpins and magnets, then
waiting in line for the shuttle to take us back to the grocery store parking
lot. The kids grabbed ice cream inside
the grocery store then we drove south on 64 and checked into the Holiday Inn
Express in “Grand Canyon, AZ” around 2:30pm.
The kids swam and sat in the hot tub then we got ready and
headed back out for an early pizza dinner at We Cook Pizza & Pasta.
Then, around 6, we went back into the park through the
southern entrance and parked at Yavapai Point and watched the sunset. That was the highlight of the day. The kids both really enjoyed taking pictures
of the sunset.
We’re now back in the hotel and it’s only 7:40. I think we’ll all head to bed soon. I think we’re all getting pretty good and
sick of each other at this point in the trip.
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