Sept 24, Monday: Grand Canyon South/Air Museum

Sept 24th, Monday:  Our travels have us heading to the Grand Canyon. However, there is a Planes of Fame Museum that needs out visit.  Roger has taken a million pictures that we know that he and our good pilot friend, Buzzy,  will enjoy.  These were World War II planes and Douglas MacArthur's private plane.  This plane is when he met Roosevelt and got fired and then took him back home. 

Now on to the Grand Canyon south.  OMG...............OMG what specular sights.  Gretchen and Blue got their first views of the canyon and a walk around the canyon.  Amazing that there are no guardrails.  Watch very carefully that you don't go overboard!  And then there were a group of kids who loved the Blue - more than the canyon!  So he did his sit and shake thing and they loved him even more.

On our way to somewhere we experienced a dust storm.  The wind was tremendous - hard to keep the rig on the road and then we hear banging, slamming on the rv roof.  Gretchen can see that the awning has come lose and turnouts are few and far between.  But we find one of those jewelry stands and seems like no one is there so we pull in.  Start unloading the RV to get at ladder and Gretchen sees a native craftsman building tomahawks!  So she explains that the awning has come apart and he is appreciatve that we parked so that the wind has been blocked.  Whew, Roger needs a hair cut but not a scalp job! 

Luckily no damage to the awning and off we go to a "jewelry store" on the road side.  Have purchased some special gifts for Gretchen's Portage Lakes friends that were made by the local Navajo family. 

On way again, but Sophia (this is what we had named our GPS) screws up and gets us 20 miles out of the way.  Now there are only two roads in this area so we don't know what her problem is.  PMS?  Turned around and getting tired but campgrounds are a rarity in this region since lack of everything (water, electric, trees) and plenty of rattlers.  We find the next best place - a Walmart in Page, Arizona.  We needed supplies anyway.

By the way, Blue seems to have recovered from his "problem" with only one more day of meds.  If that "thing" doesn't come back, we are home free and without an operation.

picture:  Fighter carrier Corsair with boms on wings
picture:  T28B was only two years younger than Rog & Gretch!
picture:  Lucky Bastard award for 25 missions and coming home safely.  Dec 26, 1944.
picture:  Blue enjoying his first view of the Grand Canyon South Rim.
picture:  pretty canyon view with a tree
picture:  try looking over this cliff...no way O.J.
picture:  two pretty clifs
picture:  On right is named Visnu Temple.  Then look left to Wothron's Throne which is a 1/4 mile mesa bit enough for a football field.  But getting fans there would be a problem!  This is 7.75 miles away.
picture:  A close up through the binoculars.
picture:  Colorado River at bottom of the canyon
picture:  Navajo jewelry stores
picture:  Dust storm.  Right there after we experienced the awning problem
picture:  painted desert
picture:  This is why there are few campgrounds in this region.