Day 6: Hooverdam
Early in the morning we used a reward from MyVegas, a breakfast buffet for 2. Very nice breakfast! After eating more than was good for us, we checked out and headed for Hooverdam. About an hour later we arrived at the enormous structure.
In the visitor center we booked the 11am tour to visit the inside of the dam and the power plant with a guide. The tour costed 30 dollars and was worth every penny! The group was small (max 20 persons) so everyone could enjoy all the views. At the end of the tour we stepped in an elevator and all of a sudden we were on the top of the dam.
We had lunch in the restaurant next to the visitor center and started the 5,5 hour drive to the Grand Canyon. On one of the most beautiful stretches of Route 66, between Kingman and Seligman, we picked up a geocache.
Finally we arrived at the hotel, Maswik Lodge South. It wasn’t a large hotel, there were a couple of buildings in the woods with each about 10 rooms. But the worst thing was the airco. Well, actually, there was no airco! There were only 2 fans…
We went to a store to get something for dinner and breakfast the next morning, and a lot of water for the hike the next day.
Day 7: Grand Canyon
We couldn’t sleep due to the heat in the room. At 5.15am we gave up and went outside, where we met the neighbours! They couldn’t sleep either. The last time we booked a room without airco…
Now we were up early, we had breakfast and left for our hike by 7.30am. Two years ago we hiked from the visitor center to Mohave Point on the Rim Trail. This year we took the bus to the end of the Rim Trail, at Hermits Rest and hiked back to Mohave Point, so we would have walked the full trail.
We didn’t see a lot of other people on the trail, but we did meet other Belgians. By noon we finished our 8km hike and took the bus back to the hotel. We had a snack for lunch and started driving to Flagstaff.
Before we left Grand Canyon National Park we picked up another geocache. We also left 2 travelbugs in the cache: Zeb and Bruudruuster. Bruudruuster should visit all 50 states before returning home. Zeb should return home as fast as possible.
We filled up the tank and drove to Flagstaff. At 3pm we arrived at the Days Inn. The weather was a little rainy so after we freshened up we went to the local shopping mall, not very large, but we did find some nice things. On the way back to the hotel we ate at Pizza Hut and bought some breakfast for tomorrow.
In the evening we saw that our travelbugs had already started their trip. Zeb was going West and Bruudruuster was going to New Mexico.
