The Grand Canyon and the Hoover Dam

We left Las Vegas and headed father into the desert for the Hoover Dam and the Grand Canyon. It was plenty warm enough at the Dam, but when we got to the turnoff to the Grand Canyon, the temperature was -12C, and there was about 3 feet of snow. WTF? We were going to camp...so we chose a small motel in Williams, at the junction. We checked the weather for the morning and it was -27C at the Canyon...jaysus murphy...so after bbqing supper on the motel's grill which conveniently happened to be outside our motel room door, we went to bed early, and got up to head to the Grand Canyon. It was simply stunning, 3 feet of snow or not. We didn't stay more than an hour or so, as it was damn cold and we wanted HEAT with our sun, so after some photos, gift shop, few more looks, we headed south towards Mexico, and picked up the interstate to San Diego.

We finally saw hundreds of cactus plants in the Arizona desert, and took a ton of photos. By the time we hauled into San Diego, it was about 10pm, and we were dog tired. The hostel was again quite nice, and just 2 short blocks to the beach...yahfrigginhoo!