27 November 2011 - Took off this morning aiming to get to the Sky Walk at the Grand Canyon. Travelled for a couple of hours on bitumen roads and then 10 miles on a dirt road full of corrugations and pot holes and rocks and dust and arrived at the car park where we were told we couldn't go further unless we bought a coach trip the rest of the way. Also if we went on the Sky Walk we couldn't take our cameras or mobile phones. The West rim of the Canyon is under ownership of the traditional land holders and to my mind they make it very difficult to enjoy the location. We were so cheesed off we left and travelled another couple hundred miles and we are currently at Williams Arizona which is the Gateway to the Grand Canyon. We will go tomorrow and investigate the south rim which is supposed to be better than the west rim anyway. Seems to take a long time trying to find the biggest hole in the world lol The drive itself was quite boring - especially since it was a double back - long straight roads - flat countryside.
We did see a wolf standing on the road - not doing anything - just standing...looking. Also we saw some quite outstanding flat topped hills. It gets dark by about 5 pm here so really no point going any further tonight. Hopefully tomorrow will be more successful. Miles # 301.3 (484 kms ) Bugs # 1149 OLD$23
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