Holiday Road Trip: Grand Canyon

We spent about five hours wandering around the south rim of the Grand Canyon. After seeing the parks at Moab, we both agree that the only way to experience this “big ditch” is to hike down into the bottom. While neither of us felt particularly prepared or willing to make the descent, we decided to come back some spring or fall and complete the Bright Angel trail.

We drove farther east to Holbrook, AZ (a former Route 66 town) so that we can have an early start at the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest before beginning the final stretch of our road trip. We stopped at a grocery store for some beers and snacks to go with my little bottle of champagne. We both got a little tipsy while watching a feature on cable about great Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire dance numbers.