Due to paper thin cabin walls, I decide to sneak out at 5am to watch the sunrise over the canyon. My decision paid off as not only did I watch a beautiful sunrise, I watched a huge male elk grazing by the pathway. We set off early en route to Kingman. Stopping first in Williams we had a little wander around in this old town. En route to Seligman we saw our first Los Angeles sign which made us all quite sad and realise that we don't actually want to go there bec...

After a very hot night (no air conditioning here) we started our walk along the rim trail and the views were just superb. (Dad, you're going to get vertigo from looking at the pictures!) Imogen just wanted to get closer and closer to the edge. After about miles we caught the shuttle back for some lunch at Bright Angel Restaurant. We'd looked at the menus last night and, yippee, veggie food! We all enjoyed some decent food and checked into our rustic little cab...

After saying goodbye to our cosy wigwam we set off toward the Grand Canyon. Our diary stop, Jack Rabbit Trading Post, was closed so we just got the customary photo riding a hare! "Standing on a Corner in Winslow Arizona" - well you just have to have your photo taken there. There's a shop opposite that sells Route 66 themed scrapbook papers etc and I'll certainly be needing those! Next we visited the Meteor Crater which was pretty impressive at 1 mile wide (it d...

We've arrived Arizona and wow has the scenery changed. We spent the day in the Petrified Forest National Park which had stunning views. The scenery changed from one mile to the next but it was HOT! Had a picnic for lunch before setting off to Holbrook and our retreat for the night - a wigwam, yes, a wigwam! Imogen was really excited as we hadn't told her. She now wants to sleep in a wigwam every night! We ate out at Joe & Aggie's, an historic Route 66 restau...