Originally we planned on taking the historic train ride to the Grand Canyon
however we discovered this is a full day trip, leaving at 9:30am and not returning
till 6pm, after which we would have a reasonably long drive to reach our over-night destination. So instead we took a walk around Williams to soak up the fabulous atmosphere of a city lost in the 1950'3 as the last town on Route 66 to be bypassed by the
interstate highway.
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| Train in Williams, appears to only be used on special occasions, not the daily trip |
We fuelled up and then headed off to the Grand Canyon via a back road yet again. The spectacle of the
Grand Canyon cannot really be shown in photographs however we will include a few for
your enjoyment. We also took the opportunity to watch the IMAX Grand Canyon movie which was great. Lots of action and tended to give one the occasional feeling of vertigo.
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| Type of boat used for the first successful Canyon navigation on the Colorado River |
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| Panorama shot of the Grand Canyon (you're going to get a lot of these for a few days......) Breathtaking! |
After dragging ourselves away from the many spectacular
views of the Canyon we headed east through the Painted Dessert to Cameron and
then further east through the Hopi Indian Reservation (another back road - well worth the effort). We then turned north
into the Navajo Indian reservation before arriving at Canyon de Chelly (pronounced "d'shay") at around 7:30pm. They are actually following daylight saving and are aligned with New Mexico.
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| Hopi Reservation, Painted Dessert |
The scenery through all of this area is both ever changing
and Spectacular. The one aspect that has really surprised both Maritta and I is
the elevation which has rarely been below 5000 feet for the last three days.
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| Formations in the Painted Dessert - don't look real! |
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