Grand Canyon Trip

DJ, Riley, Holden and I took a trip to the Grand Canyon for Spring Break 2013. 

On the way, we spent the night at a great little RV park in Needles. I spotted a poker game in the clubhouse and while the kids played pool, I tripled up my chips and walked away with $10 profit. It was a $5 buy in.

We stayed at the Mather Campground in Grand Canyon Village. A shuttle bus took us to the camp store and all the points on the rim. It was easy to spot elk and deer when travelling around the south rim because they are protected and not afraid of people at all. 

On the second day, we were listening to a talk about geology from a Ranger when dark clouds rolled in and it started to snow. It took about 5 minutes for it to start coming down really hard - fine hail and sleet blowing directly in your face. I didn't bring snow clothes for anyone, but Riley and I had good jackets. DJ and Holden were not so fortunate. We had to walk to the shuttle, take the shuttle to our campground and then walk a quarter mile uphill to our campground. That's where the picture from the last post came from.

We decided to leave a day early because it started to snow again and I didn't want to get snowed in at camp. We drove to Kingman, Arizona and spent the night in a parking lot. The next day we took Route  66 to Oatman AZ and then Laughlin NV. That stretch of Route 66 is pretty.

All in all, the kids had a great time. DJ got to play pyro with the campfire, Riley got to hike with me in the snow and Holden liked walking from point to point on the rim, climbing on everything.