My Birthday!

We are at a nice campground that has a motel, cafe and train station. The campsite is very CLEAN. It is run like a motel, and we can use the pool, whirlpool and workout gym. A shuttle will pick us up at the campsite and take us where we want to go. This morning, Marv got them to pick us all up and take us to their cafe for a buffet breakfast for my birthday!!! They came to pick us up with 2 big golf carts.  :)

Basketball and playground after breakfast...

 We are across from the pavillion, laundry, showers and bathroom.

 Shuttle picked us up again to go swimming, we had the pool to ourselves.

Thank you everyone that wished me a happy birthday!!!

The Grand Canyon

 On the drive to the Grand Canyon we drove past the Colorado River Gorge.

 

 And through the town of Gap, our hometown.  :)    We stopped for Gas here.

 The Grand Canyon is 277 river miles long, up to 18 miles wide, and a mile deep. We were at the south rim. The size was massive. We went up the tower, and could see really a lot of it.

 At the information we learned that there were no campsites available with hookups. We were weary travelers and wanted the comforts of a nice place to stay. Besides, we had hiked the beautiful Bryce canyon that morning and were about canyoned out. We found this campsite online at Williams, AR an hour from the Grand Canyon,
so we decided to go there.

Hiking the Canyon

Wednesday 6/22/11

Marv got us all up early to go hiking. It is cool at night, but gets really warm during the day. We packed up, drove to the Sunrise point, and started the hike around 7:00.

We start at the top, hike down and around the columns, and back up again. It took us about 4 hours, but we took our time. We climbed, slid, posed for pictures, and were amazed again and again. We never knew what we would see when we went around a bend. This place is just beautiful!!!