There really weren’t very many shows appearing in Las Vegas so we decided not to stay another day. Got up this morning and drove back out to Boulder City and on over to the Grand Canyon. Before we got to where we thought we were going, we saw a sign advertising the sky bridge. I wasn’t sure I would go out on it but I thought it might be a good place to look over the edge so off we went. After turning off of highway 25 we hadn’t gone but a few miles until the pavement ended and we were driving on gravel through the desert. The gravel continued for 14 miles before turning back to pavement about 5 miles from the sky bridge. When we got there, we bought tickets and boarded the bus that takes you to the sky bridge. We had already bought shirts that say “I did it”. I hoped we wouldn’t need to take them back when we returned to the terminal. As we approached the sky bridge I was apprehensive but when I actually stepped out on the glass floor it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. It is 4000’ from the glass floor to the canyon bottom. The canyon is truly a wonder because of its size. The colors of the rocks were beautiful. Because of the magnitude of the canyon, it is difficult to grasp the concept that it was created by the erosion of the Colorado River that flows through the bottom. When we got there, many people were standing on the edge of the canyon where the drop is thousands of feet and there is no railing, having their picture taken with the canyon as a background. It looked pretty risky to me just to get a photograph.
After we drove back through the 14 miles of gravel, we headed toward Kingman, AZ. The desert changed from being heavily covered with cactus to bare; just sand.
As we entered Kingman, we were upon a hill and could see nearly the whole town. The neat thing, since there are no trees, is that you can see for miles. We stopped to get gas and ice for the cooler. It was about 6:30 so we decided to go on to Flagstaff which about 145 miles away. As we left Kingman and started the drive to Flagstaff, we went from desert surroundings to foothills. The elevation changes from about 3300’ to 7000’. The scenery was beautiful as we could see the cloud-crowned peaks in the distance.
As we drive along, I notice that some of the mountains are made of layers of rock while others look like huge piles of boulders. I wonder what in the history of the earth made two such different types of rock formation..
On the way we were treated to a beautiful double rainbow. Thank you God.
We arrived in Flagstaff at about 8:30. Time to find a place to rest and get ready for tomorrow.
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