Day 24 - The road to the Grand Canyon

We got up the next morning and decide that we would have breakfast in a town called Gallup at the restaurant El Rancho. The reason we decide to have breakfast there was because it was a historic location along Route 66. When Western films were a big thing, the majority of them were filmed out in the desert. Gallup was a town where a lot of movie stars stayed, including; John Wayne, Katherine Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart and many more. It was really interesting checking out how many "stars" had actually stayed in the hotel, the breakfast was most probably the best we had eaten in a while too haha!

We then continued onwards towards Willam, Arizona, which is just past Flagstaff... We decided that it would be better to continue on towards the Grand Canyon from there as it is was shorter then driving from Flagstaff... We stopped off at a few more historic landmarks along the way including a place called Jackrabbit, it kept us amused for a little while as they had a giant rabbit out the front of one of the stores...

We then pushed forward to William, skipping lunch so that we could actually arrive in a camp site before the sun had gone down for once haha! We got there at about 4pm and immediately went to the first pub we could find! Everyone in the bar was extremely friendly and was only too keen to chat, including an old guy by the name of Randy, who taught us how to play shuffle board, which is actually quiet amusing (especially while drinking haha!).

We then set off towards our campsite, and to our surprise they had a mini golf course! This of course meant that the championship was back up for grabs! We even set bets to make it that little bit more interesting, the loser had to do all of the washing and the winner got to select one of the players to scull a beer! Danny ended up winning... Again, and selected me to scull an entire beer (good thing I actually enjoy drinking the stuff haha!) and Adam ended up coming in last place so had to do every ones washing!

While Adam was busy doing his housewife duties, everyone else decided that it would be an excellent time to go and have a swim in the pool and hot tubs. After lots of frolicking about and multiple chin up competitions, it was time for dinner. We had a nice, healthy serving of Hot Dogs and bacon, with a side of alcohol to help wash it down. It was then time to crash because we wanted to be at the Grand Canyon before sunrise the next morning!

Next stop... Grand Canyon and Las Vegas!!

Mark