Travel my way, take the highway that’s the best.
Get your kicks on Route 66.
This has been a long, long day. We woke up in Dallas at 3:30 am, the second day of Daylight Saving time, to boot. By 4:30, Dave (our airport ride) arrived. Thanks for getting up so early, Dave! We got to Love Field and onto the airplane for the 6:25 departure. One time zone away was how we figured everything out, but what we failed to account for was that Arizona doesn’t play along with Daylight Saving Time. I cant say I blame them- it’s pretty hotly contested in places that do play along. So… we are now two hours off of Dallas time, thinking we were just going to be one. That gave us a very comfortable cushion of time between the arrival of our airplane and the departure of our shuttle. What to do? Hey, did you know there is a small art museum at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport? See. Always something to see and do. Chalk that up to my first time visiting a museum with luggage in tow.
Nevertheless, when it arrived, we were ready to go on the shuttle from the airport to Flagstaff, and once there, we stopped for a cup of coffee. Oh, and the coffee shop we went to was on the historic Route 66. That should have occurred to me, too. I mean:
You see Amarillo / Gallup, New Mexico / Flagstaff, Arizona / Don’t forget Winona / Kingman, Barstow, San Bernadino.
It was right there in the song lyrics. Anyhow, the next shuttle (45 minutes later) was one that went from Flagstaff to the Grand Canyon by way of Williams. We’re in Williams this evening at the Grand Canyon Railway Hotel. They keep you overnight and put you on a scenic train the next morning to the Grand Canyon. We have to have our bags downstairs by 8:30 (hello, porter service!), after which we are free to do what we like until about 9:15, when the Wild West show happens just prior to our boarding. There’s apparently some kind of action- probably cops and robbers, cowboy style- at the caboose before we board. I am sure it’s for the kids, but I am here for it. Sounds cute.
A scenic train to the South Rim sounds awesome, though. When we get there, we have lunch scheduled, then we check into our lodge. After that, we have a sunset tour, which I believe is conducted by bus, but I suspect it’s one we can hop off of and look around. I can’t wait to get there. It is going to be so cool to see with Cas- I mean, we already got our kicks on Route 66. Now, we have to head out and see a very famous hole in the ground.
And here, as you have come to expect, is the link to the photo album. Thank you, Cas!
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