Arizona Day 4

Today we left our cute little cabin. 

Last night we took a hike through the woods and flatlands around the cabin. On Friday night we had seen at least 50 elk and we were hoping to see them again. We only saw one but spotted plenty of gophers, rabbits and birds. 

From the cabin we traveled north to the Grand Canyon. We have been there before but we couldn't pass up a chance to see it's splendor when we were only 90 minutes away!

We hiked the Bright Angel Trail into the canyon. 

This is a very well traveled trail used by the famous Grand Canyon mules. While we hiked we had to sidestep mule poop! Bob and I made it to almost the half mile point and then turned around to make the uphill climb back out of the canyon. The twins hiked down over a mile! 

After the Grand Canyon we headed south to Phoenix passing through Williams, Arizona. We were ready to eat a late lunch and I had researched another Food Network restaurant. I led the family to the Red Raven. 

It didn't look flashy or spectacular. I quickly did a search on my phone and realized we were in the wrong restaurant. We decided to stay anyway and had really great food! If you're in Williams eat at Red Raven and have the pork sandwich. 

Maria lives in Phoenix and we will see the sites during the day while she is in school. We checked into our hotel and I have to admit I was giddy to see the plush bed after spending the weekend in the cabin!

And the twins were equally happy to discover our hotel is hosting 2 different high school baseball teams!!