3 states, 3 weeks and 2000 miles in a Jeep - Day 16 - The DIS Discussion Forums

Claire L · 10-10-2008, 03:11 PM

Saturday July 1st 2006

We woke just before the England game started and I put the kettle on for a nice cup of tea to start the day. We had booked the brekkie for 9am but it arrived about 10 minutes early and we soon tucked in with the juice we had bought the previous night

After eating brekkie and watching the rest of the game I rang the tour company about our helicopter flight for the following day and was told that our booking had not gone through properly but that they would now book us on the 11am flight for the Imperial Air tour and we would be collected outside the hotel at 10.10am. We then headed out and decided to get the shuttle to the look out points along the Hermit’s Rest route. We arrived at the bus stop at about 11am and the queue was huge but after about 20 minutes of so we were able to catch the shuttle. We got off at Maricopa point and took some pics. The weather was looking threatening in the distance but it was still a great view.

We then went off walking along the rimside trail to Hopi Point.

We then caught the shuttle again to Pima Point, by now the clouds were looking threatening. There were a few spots of rain but we enjoyed the views.

Then it was off to the final stop Hermits Rest.

Once at Hermits Rest the heavens opened and we decided to grab a drink and bag of crisps and waited for the rain to clear. As soon as the rain had cleared we went back on the shuttle and once at the shuttle stop walked back to the hotel as we did so we saw the Grand Canyon steam train pull into the station.

The train was quite a sight and would have been lovely to go on but it didn’t run at good times for leaving the canyon. By now it was quite late in the afternoon so we went back to the room for a while before heading off out for dinner. We decided to try the Arizona Room but found that wait times exceeded an hour! So we opted for the Bright Angel Restaurant and found that we waited about 15 minutes. For dinner we shared a starter called The Ranch Basket – Lightly breaded chicken tenderloin strips are fried golden brown and accompanied by fries or onion rings and Ranch dressing for dipping, we opted for the fries which came out as really thick steak cut chips and were lovely. For main course we both went for the The River Runner – A boneless rainbow trout fillet, lightly dusted in seasoned flour and grilled to tender perfection, served with a selection of potato or rice, vegetables and roll with butter. I opted for baked potato and Nathan had the fries. The trout was grilled to perfection as the menu said and tasted lovely, we washed this down with nice cold glasses of Bud Light. To finish with we had the ice cream, I had vanilla whilst Nathan had chocolate. Feeling full we walked off back to the hotel, tomorrow we would see more of the Canyon

Claire

SusanEllen · 10-10-2008, 03:37 PM

Claire,
You are doing such a good job as tour guide. Love the picture of the weather changing over the Canyon. Goodness knows how many miles away those clouds were. I find as fascinating as the canyon itself, the distance at which you can see things. I've never been anywhere else that allowed such a long view as standing at the rim of the Canyon. It's a view that deserves the old, overused term "breath-taking," isn't it?

irongirlof12 · 10-11-2008, 07:57 AM

more stunning scenery. like the look of brekkie as well

KayleeUK · 10-11-2008, 02:53 PM

Great pictures again

Snowy-girls · 10-11-2008, 03:31 PM

Brekkie looked yummy+dinner sounded very delicious.The views are amazing.x.

tennisfan · 10-11-2008, 04:15 PM

Amazing scenery

Pinky166 · 10-12-2008, 04:23 PM

I loved the grand canyon - it is simply breathtaking and simply has to be seen to be believed.

Your photos are making me want to go back sooner rather than later!

mark&sue · 10-13-2008, 02:14 PM

amazing photos. your dinner sounded yummy

susan

cazzie · 10-13-2008, 04:12 PM

Great photos again but I must admit a couple made my toes curl as I hate heights.

florida sun · 10-14-2008, 03:45 PM

Oh I would love to see the GC, Fantastic piccies

UKDEB · 10-16-2008, 08:31 AM

I've reached day 16 and I've only just realised that there aren't any photos of either of you. There are only so many stunning vistas one can comprehend, you know!

Claire L · 10-16-2008, 08:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UKDEB

I've reached day 16 and I've only just realised that there aren't any photos of either of you. There are only so many stunning vistas one can comprehend, you know!

Lol there will be a thread at the end with piccies of us both!

Claire

UKDEB · 10-16-2008, 08:44 AM

Oh, good - I was beginning to think the pair of you must be members of the Secret Service or something!

10-10-2008, 03:11 PM	#1
Claire L Enjoys a good broadway show Likes a nice cold glass of White Zinfandel Has been known to have a blonde moment now and then Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Too far from the Magic in Eastbourne, England Posts: 10,768	3 states, 3 weeks and 2000 miles in a Jeep - Day 16 Saturday July 1st 2006 We woke just before the England game started and I put the kettle on for a nice cup of tea to start the day. We had booked the brekkie for 9am but it arrived about 10 minutes early and we soon tucked in with the juice we had bought the previous night After eating brekkie and watching the rest of the game I rang the tour company about our helicopter flight for the following day and was told that our booking had not gone through properly but that they would now book us on the 11am flight for the Imperial Air tour and we would be collected outside the hotel at 10.10am. We then headed out and decided to get the shuttle to the look out points along the Hermit’s Rest route. We arrived at the bus stop at about 11am and the queue was huge but after about 20 minutes of so we were able to catch the shuttle. We got off at Maricopa point and took some pics. The weather was looking threatening in the distance but it was still a great view. We then went off walking along the rimside trail to Hopi Point. We then caught the shuttle again to Pima Point, by now the clouds were looking threatening. There were a few spots of rain but we enjoyed the views. Then it was off to the final stop Hermits Rest. Once at Hermits Rest the heavens opened and we decided to grab a drink and bag of crisps and waited for the rain to clear. As soon as the rain had cleared we went back on the shuttle and once at the shuttle stop walked back to the hotel as we did so we saw the Grand Canyon steam train pull into the station. The train was quite a sight and would have been lovely to go on but it didn’t run at good times for leaving the canyon. By now it was quite late in the afternoon so we went back to the room for a while before heading off out for dinner. We decided to try the Arizona Room but found that wait times exceeded an hour! So we opted for the Bright Angel Restaurant and found that we waited about 15 minutes. For dinner we shared a starter called The Ranch Basket – Lightly breaded chicken tenderloin strips are fried golden brown and accompanied by fries or onion rings and Ranch dressing for dipping, we opted for the fries which came out as really thick steak cut chips and were lovely. For main course we both went for the The River Runner – A boneless rainbow trout fillet, lightly dusted in seasoned flour and grilled to tender perfection, served with a selection of potato or rice, vegetables and roll with butter. I opted for baked potato and Nathan had the fries. The trout was grilled to perfection as the menu said and tasted lovely, we washed this down with nice cold glasses of Bud Light. To finish with we had the ice cream, I had vanilla whilst Nathan had chocolate. Feeling full we walked off back to the hotel, tomorrow we would see more of the Canyon Claire __________________ x Claire x Aug 90 to Mar 98 - 6 visits to US and 20 states visited, inc 2 trips to WDW and 2 trips to DL Jun 01 - WDW Grosvenor DTD 2wks + TIG St Pete Beach 1wk Jun 02 - WDW WL 2wks Feb 03 - NY 4nts Jun 03 - West Coast 3wks SF to LA & DL for 3 days Oct 04 - WDW AKL 10nts + RPR 2nts Jun 05 - WDW YC 10nts + HRH 4nts + TIG St Pete Beach 1wk! Jun 06 - SF to LV inc Lake Tahoe, Yosemite + the Grand Canyon 3wks Dec 06 - NYE at WDW POFQ 11nts inc RPR 1nt Oct 07 - WDW SSR 2wks inc 1nt at PBH May 08 - WDW AKV 15nts inc PBH 1nt + VB 4nts Feb 09 - WDW SSR 1wk + BWI 1wk Jun 09 - Washington DC for 1wk Dec 09 - New York for 6nts Oct 10 - Miami 3nts & WDW AKV 13nts Jun 11 - LA to Seattle for 3wks inc 3 days at DLC Oct 12 - WDW AKV KV 2wks

10-10-2008, 03:37 PM	#2
SusanEllen DIS Veteran Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A. Posts: 1,706	Claire, You are doing such a good job as tour guide. Love the picture of the weather changing over the Canyon. Goodness knows how many miles away those clouds were. I find as fascinating as the canyon itself, the distance at which you can see things. I've never been anywhere else that allowed such a long view as standing at the rim of the Canyon. It's a view that deserves the old, overused term "breath-taking," isn't it? __________________ A few words about the place where the Magic began: Yet Another Happiest Place on Earth Report Disneyland, June, 2008 Pre-trip w/index to the entire report

10-11-2008, 07:57 AM	#3
irongirlof12 Am I the only one who loves Quorn Sausages? I would love to be at Ghiradelli's ice cream parlour with a massive choc sundae Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK. Posts: 5,499	more stunning scenery. like the look of brekkie as well __________________ Andrea xxx 1994:Grosvenor 1996:POFQ 2002: Comfort Inn LBV 2007: CSR 2009:OKW 2011:POFQ&Dream HNY DLP 2012

10-11-2008, 02:53 PM	#4
KayleeUK Still here..... Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 23,526	Great pictures again __________________

10-11-2008, 03:31 PM	#5
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10-11-2008, 04:15 PM	#6
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10-12-2008, 04:23 PM	#7
Pinky166 a little on the OCD side very impulsive, which doesn’t bode well for our credit cards! They don't call me "Clever Claire" for nothing! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Herts, England Posts: 13,895	I loved the grand canyon - it is simply breathtaking and simply has to be seen to be believed. Your photos are making me want to go back sooner rather than later! __________________ Claire Sept 2000 - I-Drive, Sept 2002 - Kissimmee, Sept 2003 - AKL, Sept/Oct 2006 - Univ PBR, June 2008 - DLRP, Hotel NY, Dec 2008 - Univ HRH, WL & YC, Sept 2009 - OKW, 4n Wonder & Poly, June 2010 - BLT, Nov 2010 - DLRP, Sequoia Lodge, Jan 2011 - Univ RPR, Dream Maiden Voyage & AKV, Sept 2011 - WBTA & BLT, Oct 2012 - Paris & DLRP, June 2013 - 7n Med Cruise, Oct 2013 - Univ RPR, SSR, & Fantasy, May 2014 - EBTA, Sept 2014 - WBTA

10-13-2008, 02:14 PM	#8
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10-13-2008, 04:12 PM	#9
cazzie DIS Veteran Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: uk Posts: 1,893	Great photos again but I must admit a couple made my toes curl as I hate heights. __________________ April 2005 - Rodeway Inn International - September 2005 - Radisson Barcelo International Drive - May 2006 - Pop Century - September 2006 - All Star Music - January 2007 - All Star Movies September 2007 - All Star Movies - January 2008 - All Star Sports - December 2008 - All Star Movies - September 2009 - POFQ - September 2010 - OKW - January 2011 - OKW - November 2011 - OKW, GF & AKL - May 2012 - Kidani, OKW - January 2013 - OKW & Kidani

10-14-2008, 03:45 PM	#10
florida sun Mrs Christopher Eccleston wannabe Don't you know who I am ??? I was on Dr Who I'm dizzy just reading Join Date: May 2004 Location: wales uk Posts: 16,843	Oh I would love to see the GC, Fantastic piccies __________________ Sue

10-16-2008, 08:31 AM	#11
UKDEB Found the Tag Fairy's hangout All whacked up on Scooby Snacks Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Gloucester, UK Posts: 11,954	I've reached day 16 and I've only just realised that there aren't any photos of either of you. There are only so many stunning vistas one can comprehend, you know! __________________ October 1992 ~ Enclave Suites, I-Drive May 1996 ~ Omni Rosen, I-Drive October 1998 ~ Villa-Clear Creek August 2000 ~ Beach Club/Villa-Sunset Lakes July 2001 ~ Animal Kingdom Lodge/Hard Rock Hotel/Villa-Formosa Gdns Christmas 2001 ~ Villa-Formosa Gardens October 2002 ~ Hard Rock Hotel/Villa-Formosa Gdns May 2003 ~ Portofino Bay/Villa-Cumbrian Lakes January 2004 ~ Ritz-Carlton Grande Lakes/Villa-Formosa Gardens July 2004 ~ Grand Floridian/Portofino Bay/Villa-Formosa Gardens December 2004 ~ Villa-Rolling Hills/Disney Wonder Cruise/BoardWalk Grand Villa/Contemporary April 2005 ~ Washington DC, Shenandoah, Blue Ridge Parkway, Charleston, Savannah, Royal Pacific Resort/Villa-Acadia Estates January 2006 ~ Reunion Resort/Royal Pacific Resort April 2006 ~ Celebration Hotel/NCL Jewel Cruise/Hotel Victor, Miami/Beach Cottage-Disney's Vero Beach October 2006 ~ Reunion Resort/BoardWalk Villa/Rosen Shingle Creek August 2007 ~ Saratoga Springs//Reunion Grande January 2008 ~ Saratoga Springs/Beach Club Villas/Reunion Resort November 2008 ~ BoardWalk Villas/Royal Pacific Resort/Saratoga Springs March 2011 ~ Celebrity Cruise/Veness Towers, a stone's throw from the Magic Kingdom November 2012 ~ Bay Lake Tower/Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota/Ritz-Carlton Destination Club, Jupiter/Saratoga Springs September 2013 ~ Kidani Village, Bay Lake Tower, Saratoga Springs

10-16-2008, 08:44 AM	#13
UKDEB Found the Tag Fairy's hangout All whacked up on Scooby Snacks Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Gloucester, UK Posts: 11,954	Oh, good - I was beginning to think the pair of you must be members of the Secret Service or something! __________________ October 1992 ~ Enclave Suites, I-Drive May 1996 ~ Omni Rosen, I-Drive October 1998 ~ Villa-Clear Creek August 2000 ~ Beach Club/Villa-Sunset Lakes July 2001 ~ Animal Kingdom Lodge/Hard Rock Hotel/Villa-Formosa Gdns Christmas 2001 ~ Villa-Formosa Gardens October 2002 ~ Hard Rock Hotel/Villa-Formosa Gdns May 2003 ~ Portofino Bay/Villa-Cumbrian Lakes January 2004 ~ Ritz-Carlton Grande Lakes/Villa-Formosa Gardens July 2004 ~ Grand Floridian/Portofino Bay/Villa-Formosa Gardens December 2004 ~ Villa-Rolling Hills/Disney Wonder Cruise/BoardWalk Grand Villa/Contemporary April 2005 ~ Washington DC, Shenandoah, Blue Ridge Parkway, Charleston, Savannah, Royal Pacific Resort/Villa-Acadia Estates January 2006 ~ Reunion Resort/Royal Pacific Resort April 2006 ~ Celebration Hotel/NCL Jewel Cruise/Hotel Victor, Miami/Beach Cottage-Disney's Vero Beach October 2006 ~ Reunion Resort/BoardWalk Villa/Rosen Shingle Creek August 2007 ~ Saratoga Springs//Reunion Grande January 2008 ~ Saratoga Springs/Beach Club Villas/Reunion Resort November 2008 ~ BoardWalk Villas/Royal Pacific Resort/Saratoga Springs March 2011 ~ Celebrity Cruise/Veness Towers, a stone's throw from the Magic Kingdom November 2012 ~ Bay Lake Tower/Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota/Ritz-Carlton Destination Club, Jupiter/Saratoga Springs September 2013 ~ Kidani Village, Bay Lake Tower, Saratoga Springs

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