When the Interstate Highway System was created, the importance and expedience of US Route 66 was greatly diminished. Route 66 was officially retired in 1985, but it’s legacy has been kept by the communities along it’s route and is slowly making its way back onto maps as a national scenic byway. It’s been nice traveling through cities honoring US Route 66.

I wasn’t expecting much from this side trip except to be able to add two more states to our count, but we actually had a pretty good time talking to other travellers and admiring the Navajo arts and crafts that were being sold. I found some cool gifts for family and there was this Navajo craftsman who made arrowheads on the spot for you. The really cool part was that he used these unique stones for the arrowheads. I picked up this blue arrowhead that shimmers in the sunlight.

It’s hard to describe the Grand Canyon and convey to you a true sense of the experience. With it displayed before mine own eyes, words escape me. The landscape looks so much like a masterpiece painted in the distance that it just seems so unreal. Although I know how massive the canyon is–1904 sq miles (4931 sq meters) and 6000 ft (1829 meters) deep–when I look at it, these numbers fail to register that magnificence.

The weather our first day was not the best, being overcast and hazy, but the next day greeted us with beautiful, sunny weather. This was my second visit to the Grand Canyon and it still remains a humbling sight. More photos will be posted in our gallery in the days to come.