Grand Canyon #1

 

Made it home from the Grand Canyon trip Saturday night about 9:00 pm. There's no easy way to get to the Canyon by rail. The Amtrak runs to Flagstaff but then you need to get to Williams, and then you can catch the Grand Canyon Railway to the National Park. It wasn't too bad on the way out but on the return trip we had to catch the bus at 3:00 am to get to Flagstaff to board at 4:00. We had a roomette on the Amtrak, and they had our room all made up for us, so all we had to do was crawl in.

This is the train that runs between Williams and the Park. They give you a spiel on the way up about where to eat and things to see, as well as entertaining you with a musical act. On the way down they had some "hold-up men" come aboard and a mandolin and guitar player singing a few tunes. 

We had vouchers for the Fred Harvey restaurant where we ate a breakfast and a dinner. Big buffet loaded with just about anything you could want. Excellent service, as you would expect, since the Harvey restaurants were always about excellent service since day one.

In addition to the train taking us into the park, we did a bus tour on our first day. The bus stopped at only two places, but the views were spectacular. The following day we did some walking and got a look at the canyon from a few additional vantage points. 

I'll put up a few more photos in my next post.