Mostly a Tourist: Day 10 - The Grand Canyon

Monday, July 7, 2014

Day 10 - The Grand Canyon

Part of the series: Vancouver to the Grand Canyon and Back Again!

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Train ride into the Grand Canyon

Our hotel in Williams included a train ride into the Grand Canyon Village, so after enjoying a breakfast buffet, we boarded the train and were on our way.

Each car in the train had an emcee who made sure we were informed about the scenery we passed on the way as well as some history of the area. There were also musicians who went from car to car, playing a few songs in each.

All in all, I highly recommend that package; the only small negative I would have to say is that with the one-day train ride, you only have about 4 hours at the Grand Canyon to explore. For us, that was a very small negative, in fact almost a positive as it was another scorching day, Angharad is super sensitive to the heat, and I am super sensitive to the sun. Between us, 4 hours was lots of time to get to a lot of the scenic lookouts and not so much time that we were completely overwhelmed from the heat and sun.

The train got us back into Williams around 6pm, and we found a restaurant where we had supper before watching a "wild west re-enactment" in the street.

Afterwards, we headed out to Flagstaff for the night, getting us that much further along the road for Tuesday, which was going to be a long driving day.