Sunday we left sketchy Utah and headed out towards the Grand Canyon. It was decided that we would hit the North Rim, because only 10% of visitors view that side and being the speed tourists that we are, we would become part of that 10 percent. (This was also decided after we found out that to do the sky walk, which is advertised as only being $33.05, you must first purchase a park pass for another $35.05 and then pay an additional $20 entery and parking fee.) So after setting our clocks back yet another hour (total of 3 now) we ventured off on a 1/2 mile hike onto a narrow rock that gutted out into the huge hole in the earth (kinda scary). After dodging an enormous amount of foreign tourists (really, we are beginning to feel like the minority on the road), we were able to get to the point and then turn around. On the way back we managed to climb some random rock ledges and get some good pictures. We were even able to see the mountains of San Francisco from afar. Of course, after making a huge amount of jokes about how the grand canyon would be quite the innappropriate, over the top, suicide attempt (I mean, come on, you have to pay to get in!), we feel rather badly about the man who drove himself off of the south rim this morning.
After a few hours of being tourists and a pair of broken sunglasses, we took off to our campground, south of the Grand Canyon, in Williams, Arizona. The campground was under construction, so we had to find our way to our site through all of the extremely upset and confused Germans who couldnt understand the fact that there was not yet a swimming pool and would have to go to another park. When we finally got to our cabin, we quickly set up and decided to go cruise the infamous loop of the historic Route 66! Because it was Sunday, alot of the places were closed, but we managed to grab a seat outside of a tourist trap classic diner, where they had live entertainment.
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