Grand Canyon National Park

Williams, Arizona, Gateway to the Grand Canyon, is a very picturesque mountain town with Route 66 as the Main Street!  It is about 60 miles south of the Grand Canyon on Highway 64 and provides the closest lodging to the Grand Canyon without staying in the National Park itself.


From Williams, a short 59-mile drive north will put the splendor of the Grand Canyon before your eyes. Once there, you'll grasp why this 190-miles long, one-mile deep mammoth formation covering 1,900 square miles is hailed as one of the world's seven natural wonders.


We biked on the south rim where no hikers or cars are allowed and it was magnificent.  It was along this route that I saw my first California Condor and it was so exciting!  We were able to find one of the nest sites and see two of them flying over the Canyon....a birder's dream.