Grand Canyon

 

 Tucson is ready to be on the road

Check - Gary is still there

 Starting to look more like Arizona

There is a window of opportunity to scoot up to the Grand Canyon this morning

The first overlook is at an Indian Craft sale area 

 Pretty Impressive - that's the Colorado River. 

 Good think it's a little chilly this morning

 Would be awesome to do a rafting trip through there some day.  Another addition to my bucket list.

 Living on the edge!

 On our way up the Park entrance, Gary spotted this Elk just off the side of the road.

 Made it just as the snow is starting again.

 I didn't know that in 1956 a TWA and a United Airlines plane collided over the Grand Canyon

 The Grand Canyon is truly amazing and indescribably beautiful.  It looks like a movie backdrop - it doesn't even look real.

 The clouds parted just in time for the sunrise

 Gary is impressed

 Well if we're going to make our 300 miles today we regretfully have to leave.  Gary asked if we'd be going through Flagstaff.  I commented if it's raining here - it's snowing in Flagstaff.

Sure enough!

The there's that downhill thing

 No snow below!

Uh oh!  Phoenix is on fire

 I had originally applied for a job with the Post Office in Phoenix but after driving the 12 lane highway I decided against it.  

Decided to pull over at the Escapee's Park in Casa Grande for the night and head into Tucson in the morning.  A crop duster was spraying the alfalfa fields across the road.

On the road again - Arches National Park

 Welcome to Utah

Going by to so have to stop at Arches National Park

 Massive red rock everywhere

 Balanced Rocks

 and Windows

 Gary took this picture - don't know how he got the funky color

 Tucson likes the view out the window

 Now this is a serious RV - from Germany

Truly an awe inspiring place.  So much beauty in this country to see.

Hope to be able to squeak into the Grand Canyon tomorrow, but snow is predicted - we'll keep our fingers crossed

Custer, SD to Steamboat Springs, CO

We leave Custer and head towards Steamboat Springs, CO to visit Gary's daughter and grandkids.

We stop at Fort Laramie

 

and on to the Lincoln Highway

 Not liking seeing the white stuff

We get a dusting of snow in Steamboat Springs but Tucson and Emma don't seem to mind.  

Gary's Grandson wanted to take him to a couple museums so we had a museum day.
This is the Wyman Living History Museum just outside Craig, CO.  Very interesting and chock full of stuff. and free to boot.

 Outside is a ton of equipment and vehicles

 and an Elk

Inside is just loaded with stuff

Outside on the hill are vintage cars and other equipment

Next is the Museum of Northwest Colorado

It's full of guns and cowboy stuff

 

 Butting heads rarelyends well

 While in Steamboat I was parked behind Gary's 5th wheel and went to pull out, it was dark and I was watching for traffic coming from behind me and didn't pull out far enough and clipped the back end of his trailer.  Damaged my rear passenger wheel well and took off the back panel on his 5th wheel and crunched the bumper.  He took it better than me.

Other than that it was a nice visit but we exceeded the 3 day rule - fish and company stink after 3 days, time to move on to warmer snow free weather.