A Walk in the Sky

Not much to say about Meadview. It is a spot in the middle of a dessert. But they did have gas!!! And that was a good thing. They also had high prices. We had forgotten to get cereal for Parker. He bought some Fruitloops for $5.27. Gas was $3.39 (but we paid higher in N Cal in 2008). $200 fills the tank!

On to the #1 thing to do on my list….the Skywalk. However getting there “ain’t” easy. I remind you we are in an RV and it’s a 17 mile drive down a windy DIRT/ GRAVEL/RUTTY road. I’m surprised the fillings are still in my teeth. We shook, rattled and rolled down that road.

We bought tickets ($70 ea) for the Skywalk tour. We took a bus out to the Skywalk. Cool Cool Cool Way Cool. The Skywalk is a glass structure suspended out over the Grand Canyon. They didn’t allow cameras, phones, knives or any personal items out there for fear of something chipping the glass. And you had to put these cute pink booties over your shoes. We were stylin’.

Then we caught the bus to Guano Point. Seriously it is HOT!!! That whole thing about it being a “dry heat” is just hogwash!! At Guano Point there was a rock structure. Sure enough we hiked down to that and then up the rocks. The boys loved it. And the view was really amazing.

After Guano Point we rode the bus to Hualapai Lodge and working ranch. Our tickets included a meal. OK I’m all about food. We could chose #1 a burger at the first stop #2 chicken burrito at the second stop OR #3 RIBS, baked potato, baked beans, cornbread, and dessert at the 3rd stop. Hello??? I’m taking those ribs. And they were really, really good, not to mention we were starving by then.

After dinner we wandered briefly around the mock western town – poor kids, a grumpy old prospector shot the boys for stealing his whiskey :-)

By now it’s about 2pm and we have a 5 hour drive a head of us to Grand Canyon RV Park. And don’t forget that rode (too bad I can’t say Dam). We rocked, rattled, and rolled those 17 miles again then its smooth sailing down the highway. Found a Starbucks in Kingman (I love Ray, he bought me a Venti).

We arrived around 8pm. We had not realized that lunch was included on the Skywalk trip (really, you didn’t have much choice but to buy it) so Ray had made PBJ sandwiches to take with us. So guess what’s for dinner? Squished PBJs. But we are once again so hungry and tired we really didn’t care. We watched an episode of Psych (season 2) and then just fell in to bed again. Another long day.

Best parts of the day
Ray: Skywalk, an engineering marvel
Kerry: Skywalk, just cool, but those ribs are a close 2nd
Parker: seeing the canyon
Preston: Skywalk, Guano Point rock, ribs