June 22 - Tuesday - South Rim - Day Two

We were on the road by 9:00 am again, after a good breakfast at the hotel. We traveled north to the south rim of the Grand Canyon again. We stopped at the National Graphic IMAX Theater and visitor’s Center in Tusayan, Arizona, which is only a mile or so from the parks entrance. Donald bought popcorn and sodas to enjoy during the fantastic film that depicted the history and uses of the Grand Canyon. Aerial videos taken from a helicopter gave a stomach churning bird’s eye view of the Colorado and the canyon walls on its border.

At the Grand Canyon we visited the Grand Canyon Village, a lookout and geology display and viewed the canyon from many locations. We got lost traveling the village roads that were designed to supply services to the cabin and lodge residents. The map was very confusing.



After much discussion we took the free bus to the Lookout Station at Yavapai Point and the Geology museum. Mather Point was closed for repairs and the other points to the west were open only to bus tours.

The bus driver gave us an update on the Flagstaff Fire: 10,000 acres burned and only 10% contained. The winds are constantly blowing and helicopters are frequently seen flying towards Flagstaff.





We headed out about 1:00 retracing our tracks to Williams, Arizona, and then we took Rt. 15 to Henderson,Nevada,for the night.

The route took us to Hoover Dam where construction slowed traffic to a crawl, but it made it easier to take pictures from the car. The dam is quite an impressive sight. They are doing reclamation on the dam.



The highway from there to Henderson had lots of construction that by way of a high bridge will no longer go over the dam. The two lanes will be converted into a 4 lane divided highway. They were building bridges and overpasses that appeared to go to nowhere but they will connect to local roads I presume.



We got to Henderson about 7:00 and checked in. We searched for a restaurant and ended up at Panda Express. Not good! Okay, but strange egg rolls. We were very tired!

The computer reported that the local temperature was 97 degrees at 8:30 pm and 8% humidity making it feel like 90 degrees. Strangely (for us) opposite Charlottesville weather.