The first morning that we didn't just sleep in: the alarm went off at 0600 and it was dark! And the bed was still inviting. But we dragged our butts out of bed and got ready and told the kids it was time to get ready for school (Dad, you're kidding, right?). On the road at 7:30 and a straight drive up to the Grand Canyon. The kids had never been there and it had been 11 years for Leslie and me, so the impact was incredible!
We left the car at the Visitors' Center by Mather Point and took the shuttle bus over to El Tovar and the Hopi House. From there it was an easy walk downhill to the Bright Angel lodge (lunch, overpriced) and the Hermit's Rest shuttle stop. Along the way there was some illicit squirrel feeding; the little scamps are pretty cheeky around the Rim Lodges.
We didn't stop at all the stops on the way to Hermit's Rest but we stopped at a lot of them and the kids seemed happy. But by the time we got back to the Visitors' Center it was just passing 1700 and it closed. Also out at Desert View the museum and center closed at the same time, so we didn't even go out that way. Instead we headed straight for Flagstaff, and by the time we had dinner and headed down into Oak Creek Canyon it was almost 2200 when we got back to the timeshare. The kids went right to bed with no complaints and we're deciding right now whether we should follow suit.
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