Days 14 - 16

Today, we'll leave Kingman, AZ for the highlight of our trip, The Grand Canyon. But first, a little detour ...

The plan is to leave the trailer at the campground (assuming they'll let us) and drive to Las Vegas to meet Patty & Rachel (the other half of Matt & Josh), who will have flown out from home the day before. They'll be spending the next four nights with us.

We'll be picking them up at their hotel, the Excalibur Resort. I had told Patty that we'll be sure to shower the night before we pick them up, but then she pointed out that we can shower in the comfort of their hotel room when we come to get them ... that may not be a bad idea at all!!!

After picking them up in Las Vegas, we'll drive back to Kingman, AZ to pick up our trailer. Along the way, we may stop for a brief visit to Hoover Dam, if Patty and/or Rachel want to. Josh and I have already been there, so I don't really have a preference of whether we stop or not. It might be interesting to see it now, four years later, to see the affect the drought in the Southwest has had on the water levels in Lake Mead. When we were there in 2011, you could see how much lower the water level was from it's capacity. I would assume it's considerably lower now.

After we get the trailer, it's on our way to the Grand Canyon National Park, where we'll spend the next three nights. It will definitely be interesting have "the girls" with us. Let's be honest ... after four nights together in the trailer, I'm guessing everyone will be ready for this part of the trip to end!!!

When Josh & I took our first trip four years ago, we essentially drove "right past" the Grand Canyon. I had originally wanted to include that on our trip, but Patty had objected, saying that she wanted to go there someday, so I agreed that we'd do it as a family at some point in the future. Well ... the future is now!!!

We don't have any particular plans while we're at the Grand Canyon. Of course, we'll drive the South Rim Drive and stop at all the major view points, but other than that, we don't currently have anything else planned. We'll see what comes up (this is definitely not like me!!!)