February 28, 2016
Today we headed out around
945AM from Williams to the Grand Canyon.
Our first stop was to find out information on a helicopter ride over the
Grand Canyon. Judy & Rose were very
interested, Mary was not too sure and Mom was a definite “no” (feet on the
ground). We thought we would stop at
the Grand Canyon Airport; however, I guess the first place we stopped was not
the Grand Canyon Airport, but a private airport owned by a wealthy man and he
allowed other small planes to fly in there and they also had rental cars
available to them. In the building he
had pristine antique cars (Studebaker ’63, antique motorcycles, Chevrolet truck
(not sure of the year). In the next
building, he had antique planes, but we didn’t get to see them. It was impressive – glad we stopped there by
accident.
On to find the real Grand
Canyon Airport! Yes, we did find it and
yes, we did sign up for a 30 minute helicopter ride through Papillon
Helicopters. At 1200PM, we were up in
the air and heading for the Grand Canyon.
It was amazing! Bucket List
–check!
Back on the ground, we headed
into Grand Canyon National Park to view the park from the South Rim.
We spent the remainder of the
day driving through the park and doing the pull-outs/overlooks. We snapped numerous pictures and enjoyed the
many viewpoints along the way. We left
the park around 5PM and headed back to Williams for dinner and an overnight.
Tomorrow, we will head to
Sedona, Jerome and then on to Phoenix.
Miles: 149
Temperature: Low – 54
degrees, High – 61 degrees
State: AZ
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