Route 66 and travel to Las Vegas First stop after leaving Tusayan was Valle a small retro town just off Route 66. This is one of many towns surviving on the tourism connected with historic Route 66. Amongst other things there was a Flintstones themed camp ground, a retro service station with olden cars including an old police car and a 60's Ford Fairlane. I also saw a Tee Pee hotel and an old airplane museum. We drove on and turned on to Route 66 and headed...

Walking the Grand Canyon On the road at 5.15 for sunrise at Mather Point near the Grand Canyon visitors centre. This. is a beautiful spot with wide expansive views of the north rim. We got to ours guide's preferred location and waited for the sun to start peaking over the distant peaks. It was a cloudless day and the changing colours of the canyon walls and valley floor were sublime - new adjective! Following this it was time for our hike into the canyon. O...

To Grand Canyon and evening sunset. Friday We leave Kayenta for our drive to the Grand Canyon. We soon come across a roadwork area where we are delayed for nearly an hour. Our guide tells us that as we are still in Navajo Country the roads are the responsibility of the Navajo. Unfortunately they struggle to manage the flow of traffic as one direction is stopped for very long periods of time We pass the Little Colorado River, which is a tributary of the Color...

Helicopter flight Our pilot Mike walks us to the helicopter, a 6 passenger plus pilot machine. The airport is buzzing with helicopters and fixed wing sightseeing aircraft from numerous companies. We had to provide our weight and to balance the helicopter we have assigned seats. Fortunately Joanne and I are in the front next to the pilot - and along with the best view - the best adrenalin rush. We have headsets to listen to the music - classic rock chosen, the...

To Grand Canyon and evening sunset. Friday We leave Kayenta for our drive to the Grand Canyon. We soon come across a roadwork area where we are delayed for nearly an hour. Our guide tells us that as we are still in Navajo Country the roads are the responsibility of the Navajo. Unfortunately they struggle to manage the flow of traffic as one direction is stopped for very long periods of time We pass the Little Colorado River, which is a tributary of the Color...