We went to the Grand Canyon. It was amazing, you could stare at it for hours and still find something different and new. It is huge, it was more than what I thought it would be, and I only saw a very small portion of it. We stopped at a Native American museum and saw some ruins of Kivas etc.
And then we went to the Desert Vista Viewtower. It was an stunning view from the top. And a nice women took a family picture of all of us at the edge.
on the way back from the Grand Canyon we stopped at Bedrock in Valle, it was great, I think I took more pictures of it than I did of the canyon. The boys absolutely adored being able to run around, and Michael especially liked to get his picture taken with Fred and Barney. It is a bit of a cheap park, it had obviously been there awhile, but at only five dollars a person to get in, it was well worth the money, we spent a couple of hours there.
We stayed in Williams, right on Route 66, so that was pretty awesome as well, at least it was for a history buff like me. Michael was not nearly as impressed, but then again he very seldom is. his favorite part was watching the helicopters at the Grand Canyon Airport, which I have to admit I also enjoyed.
We also got to see all of the tornado damage caused last week at Bellemont. That was something I do not think we will ever see again, not in this state, it was just such a surreal experience. It's Arizona, not Kansas, so seeing the train knocked over onto it's side was definitely weird.
And since you cannot go to northern AZ without passing through Flagstaff, we stopped there for a few hours, went to Barnes and Nobles, and up the snowbowl where the views were nice, but not nearly as awesome as the ones from the rim.
Also we got to go to this cool drive through zoo, Bearizona, it was new, so it was not finished, but I predict that in the next few years when they are done with all of thier stuff they will be a great zoo.
On the way home we stopped and stayed the night with Kary, it was nice, I miss her.
