We had an amazing time at the Grand Canyon, woke up early and stopped at the National Geographic Visitor Centre for the IMAX movie to prepare ourselves, Isla sat and watched the whole 34 minutes on my knee, without moving, completely enthralled - a record! We drove in and dropped the RV at our campsite then took the shuttle bus to the visitor centre, we started at the Mather Lookout and walked almost all the way to Hermits Rest at the Western end of the trails.
It took all afternoon and was breathtaking. We did not hike into the Canyon, just to the lookout points. It is pretty steep so would be tough going with a wiggly kid on your back.
Looking down at Hermits trail it was so easy to imagine people arriving by carriage from Flagstaff before the railroad arrived, a 12 hour bone jarring journey, to be transported by mule to the bottom of the Canyon. There they would stay in tents with windows, a phone service - 5 star service!
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