I woke up around 5:30 this morning. I sat in the lobby of the hotel and waited for my wife to wake up. Around 6 the news was reporting high temperatures throughout Arizona. I woke my wife and we began our preparations to leave.
Before leaving Winslow I wanted to do two things: stand on the corner and see La Posada Hotel. Both places are within walking distance of each other and are fairly easy to find from the interstate. The corner, made famous by the Eagle's song "Takin' it easy", is pretty sedate. There's a little monument there and a shop or two. Nothing too crazy, but it's still fun.
La Posada is pretty great. It was the first hotel in Winslow. It was very beautiful and my wife and I would like to stay there overnight someday. It was built by Mary Colter, the same architect who designed the Desert Watchtower at the Grand Canyon. La Posada was great, but again we were pressed for time so we spent about 10 minutes walking around and then headed to Flagstaff and the Grand Canyon.
The way to the Grand Canyon was pretty easy. We got off at Flagstaff and followed Highway 89 up to 64 and then West to the canyon.
The canyon was amazing. I had forgotten how wonderful it was. Just endless landforms and vivid colors. We originally went to the East Rim gate. We showed our parks pass and skipped the 25 dollar fee. We spent a long while at the East Rim, taking pictures, looking at the gift shops and just relaxing. Finally, we hopped over to the South Rim, did a few more pictures and watched a short video on the canyon and then headed out.
We drove all the way to Kingman, Arizona. We were trying for Las Vegas, but that wasn't happening. I was pretty tired and wanted to rest and so was the wife. We finally found a cheap place (Quality Inn) and got some In N Out Burger. For those of you who don't know, In N Out is perhaps the best fast food joint around. Their food is fresh and excellent tasting. They also only have a few things on the menu: cheeseburgers, hamburgers, double cheeseburgers, fries, drinks and shakes is about it.
After eating dinner we lazed around and watched TV. Tomorrow: Las Vegas
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