End: Tusayan, AZ (SR-64, at the Grand Canyon gate)
States: Arizona
Distance: 76 miles
Time: 2 hours
Hotel: Rodeway Inn Red Feather Lodge
Meals: Burger King in Flagstaff, Pizza in Tusayan
Big purchase of the day: Jeannie's $50 national parks pass
Sight worth driving 2,138.87 miles to see: The Grand Canyon. We drove along the rim, stopping at each overlook to take pictures. We read the informational signs. I saw the Hermit Trail that I hiked all the way down to the river in 1991. We got cold and went back to the hotel.
Scariest animal of the day: A deer looking for handouts. Jeannie put down David's window to get a better look, and David flipped out: "Oh, good God, no, don't do that...." (video, 4MB)
Intentional deja vu: photographing a rock formation I also photographed in 1991.
Rodeway Inn
Jeannie and Dave at the Grand Canyon
Hello deer... Oh, good God, no...
The Grand Canyon