Day 20 Sedona to Grand Canyon

We both had trouble sleeping thinking about today’s drive. The road out of town was supposed to be an exhilarating, winding 30 mile drive uphill through the mountains to Flagstaff (9500 feet). What an option, do the drive in the snow (after 5) or in the dark (before 7)? So naturally, we left at 6 in the snow and the dark. What a dope! The drive though Flagstaff to the Grand Canyon was 100 miles and it was a miserable three and a half hours in a 40 MPH blizzard. We managed to find the El Tovar Hotel, which sits on the south rim of the canyon, only to find out there was a complete white out and we wouldn’t be able to see the canyon for a couple of days. Just walking outside in the blowing snow was crazy. Here we were in a hotel just 20 yards from the Grand Canyon and couldn’t see a damn thing. We just hung out for the rest of the day, watched the Super Bowl and waited for the snow to end and ended up enjoying the fact that we made it there.