We had an early morning this morning, had to drop the p-dawg off at the kennel here, then get the train tickets, then off to the train.

We enjoyed a nice 2.25 hour train ride to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon today. It was a very old restored train, and it was an enjoyable ride up and back. The train had entertainers, masked "robbers", and all the things that go along with train travel.

We spent about 3.5 hours at the Canyon, walked around the rim bit, shot the video, and grabbed some lunch. At the end of the day, it's just a really HUGE hole in the ground, but we loved seeing it, and were in awe of the creation...cool stuff.

We'll be here for a couple of more days, enjoying some work time and just doing nothing time and pool time. We have some videos to catch up with as well, so look for those.

We'll head out Friday for Mesa Verde National Park, should be a fun time as well. I'll update this post when the video is done.

Faith's blog:
Today we went to the Grand Canyon. It was cool. We walked around it for just a minute. No one really knows how it was made. We saw the many different layers in the rocks. The Grand Canyon is historic. It was fun.

Kenzie's blog:
We got to see the Grand Canyon. It was HUGE! We took a walk around the rim. When we were walking back we did the video. We finally got it right. Everyone around us started clapping and cheering. This was fun, but I liked taking the train there the best. The entertainment was good and the free soda was great! But I got bored because it’s a 2 and a half hour ride. Oh well, it was fun anyway.

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We finished up the trip to Calico by panning for gold, walking in a very wacky crooked house, touring old west shops and museums, and walking through an 120+ year old hand dug mine. The experience was cool, and we had a great time there at Calico Ghost Town.

We decided to take a little diversion on the way to Williams and took Old Route 66 outside of Kingman. There are lots of little shops to see, mostly gone and abandoned, but a great place was found as well that had a '57 Corvette, and lots of cool stuff inside.

We arrived in Williams, AZ late in the day around dinner time, and on the suggestion of TripAdvisor, visited Twisters diner. We had some great burgers, dogs, and milkshakes, all in a 50's type diner, highly recommend. We ended up setting up camp in the dark, but the campground is really nice here. We also saw a little wild west shoot out show outside the restaurant.

We leave early for the Grand Canyon. It's 2.25 hours each way on the train, so it should be an adventure. We're looking forward to it. The girls are also looking forward to tomorrow night when they can grab some pool time. We're hear until Friday, so Thursday will be work for me, and play time for the girls. More later...

Faith's blog:
Today we went to Calico Ghost Town. It was fun. We got to pan for gold. We found quite a bit. It is real gold but it wasn’t worth much. We also got to go in a mystery house. There were about 5 or 6 different tricks. They were all cool.

Kenzie's blog:
We had lots of fun here! My favorite part was panning for gold. I found quite a bit of it! We saw lots of old stores and buildings, including the church/school. The Calico Ghost Town was named after the Calico Mountains. This was one of my favorite stops.



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Route 66 and Grand Canyon