We got up and packed the last few bits and we were in the car just before 8. It was sad to be leaving Disney but we were off to the Grand Canyon!
There isn't exactly much to be said about the drive.....it was a long way! We stayed on the interstate for most of the trip but we stopped at a gas station which turned out to be on route 66!
I tried to take a few piccy's along the way - some of them better than others (especially through the car window)!
We stopped to get some food in Kingman, Arizona and then carried on our journey.
We eventually arrived at the Grand Canyon just before 4pm. We checked into the Bright Angel Lodge and got the key to our room.
The room was clean and tidy, and had a fridge and tv. It's real selling point though was the location.
We only had to walk for a few minutes to see this view:
We decided to take a short walk down the Bright Angel Trail before it got dark.
Some of the time we were a bit closer to the edge than I would have liked!
We didn't walk too far down as it would be getting dark soon and we had been warned that there aren't too many lights at night.
So, we walked back up the trail and went along another path - which was mostly pavement so seemed a little safer :)
We stopped to sit on a bench for a few minutes whilst another couple walked past and told us to look behind us:
We walked a bit further and found a spot to watch the sunset.
We took a lot more pictures....I have only posted a tiny selection here :)
After the sunset we headed back to the room to drop off our stuff and then went to the lodge to get dinner.
There was a wait of about 30 minutes so we sat in the lobby and used the wifi for a little bit.
The food was much better than I was expecting - and not too expensive really.
After dinner we headed off to bed. I was hoping to catch sunrise in the morning but we were really tired and so we weren't sure if we would be up in time.
Tomorrow morning we head to Las Vegas!
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