We got our first glimpse of the Grand Canyon at the Mather’s Point located right behind the Visitor’s Center. The view was breathtaking and indescribable. It truly is somewhere you just have to visit to understand.
We then decided to rent bikes to ride up to the other vista points. Little did we know, we had our work cut out for us. The breathtaking views just got better and better as we slowly got more tired. After taking a few wrong turns, we finally found the correct path. Unfortunately, this path was up a steep mountain. Although the 5.5 miles were very hot, extremely steep, and at an elevation of over 7000 feet, WE MADE IT! Did we mention there were great views? At this point it really was the only thing pushing us forward.
After being told that most people take the shuttle up and bike down, we decided to take the bus back down. Once back at the Visitor’s Center, we turned in our bikes got some more Gatorade and water. We then headed out by car to the Desert View Visitor’s Center 25 miles away.
Along to way we stopped a few times to see the beautiful canyon. We then made it to the Desert View Watch Tower. We climbed 4 flights of spiral stairs (yes there was three because we felt EVERY step after that bike ride) to the top where we were able to look out over top the canyon. We could see the Colorado River and the rapids winding through the canyon. It really was beautiful.
We then started back, stopping along the way to watch the sunset over the canyon. Having loved our dinner so much last night (and having to go back that way anyway) we went back to the Red Raven for dinner again. We had the same waitress who was very sweet. We then drove two more hours to Kingman, AZ which is just our pit stop for the night on our way to the Hoover Dam. Tomorrow we will tell you about the dam from our MGM Grand King Suite in Las Vegas!
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