May 9, 2018

So we made it to Railway RV Park in Williams, AZ yesterday on the 8th. It is really nice to have a week or so to stay put. Our plan here is to do a bit of hiking, visit the Grand Canyon, take the train up to the Canyon, go out to Meteor Crater, and just chill a bit.

Our first day we toured the old Route 66 in Williams which was one of the last towns bypassed by when I40 was constructed. What a cute town. I love the diners and cafes.

Our first morning, we went up and hiked the Keynote Sink. During rainy season it is supposed to be a nice waterfall and pond. As we are here in dry season, it was definitely dry.

However, the good news is you can hike up to some petroglyphs because the pond was dry.

After the hike, we walked the town and ate lunch at the Cruisers 66 Cafe. It was awesome as they had live music and good food.

After that, we went to pick up our train tickets for Thursday morning. However, they messed up the reservation and only had two tickets for our observation car. We had to cancel that and reschedule for Friday morning. Not a big deal. We will drive the jeep up tomorrow and leave Mallory with the Pet Resort here at the campground.

We plan on leaving here on the 15th or 16th and start our trek north.

 Start of our hike up to Keynote Sink

 Keynote Sink with no water

 Just a tiny bit of water at the bottom

 Petroglyphs

 More Petroglyphs

 Some more Petroglyphs

 I hiked to the top to take this picture of Chris and Mallory

 Heather as usual following me up to the top.

 Route 66 Williams, AZ

 Our new favorite cafe

We noticed along this trip how all of the old gas stations closed along the old route. Some people decided to turn some of them into museums

 On the railway.

 Don't worry she really didn't get run over by this train

 This pic is out of order. It was at the campground in Amarillo, TX

I guess she shouldn't have been trespassing on the railway.