West Coast 2012

Day 4: Roadtripping on Route 66

Today we were going to spend a lot of time in the car. We were heading for Williams, Arizona. On our way we drove a beautiful part of Route 66.

What does Route 66 look like? Wel, imagine a road without any other car than yours and with only ruins of hotels and gas stations. Temperatures during our trip rose to 39°C, so thank you, inventor of the airco!

West Coast Route 66

After an 8h drive we arrived at the Holiday Inn in Williams. Grashoppers are huge and many here! We ate at the Pizzahut next to the hotel.

Day 5: Grand Canyon National Park

The weather was ideal, no sun, but an very nice temperature. About an hour’s drive we arrived at the visitor center of Grand Canyon National Park in Grand Canyon Village. We parked the car, bought some drinks and started our hike.

The first sight of the Grand Canyon is mind-blowing! Really beautiful! Very excited we started our hike along the rim. At the 8km mark we returned to the visitor center with the shuttle bus. 

West Coast Grand Canyon National Park

We left Grand Canyon Village and on our way to Kayenta the weather started to change. In just minutes the sun disappeared and storm clouds gathered. A severe thunderstorm broke loose. Luckily we were in the car. Once we reached Kayenta the rain stopped and we could check in at Kayenta Monument Valley Inn. The neigbourhood wasn’t very nice. It really felt like the middle of nowhere.. Indians were constantly watching you and stray dogs were patrolling the parking lot. 

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Day 6: Monument Valley

From Kayenta we drove to Monument Valley. We passed many stalls where Indians sold jewelry. Suddenly some lonely rocks caught our eye, Monument Valley! We followed the road to the point you can see on the photo below. We took some photo’s of the magnificent view before returning to Kayenta and setting course to Page.

West Coast Monument Valley

At noon we arrived in Page, where we checked in at Courtyard by Marriott Page. It was very hot here. We hadn’t planned anything else today, so after a visit to the grocery store we went to the swimming pool.

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