> Or...for another fun experiance....take the train from Williams to 
> the south rim.

I don't know what time and $ are available.

But, if you can manage the cost, and it may not be vastly expensive, 
then hiring a car for a day (or two) will give you vastly more 
flexibility. If there are several people travelling then the car cost 
per person decreases as you fit more in.

If you have the time and the wish to do so ask further and I can tell 
you a location near Flagstaff where you can camp overnight at no 
charge. No facilities but very pretty and an accepted camping area. We 
were directed to it by the most helpful staff of the Flagstaff IHOP. 
Chances are you are not equipped for that.

So - IF you have a car and 2 days available (or one day and are 
prepared to do a fair bit of travelling in one day) then consider also 
seeing Meteor Crater. From memory it is about 1 hours drive beyond 
Grand Canyon. If you don't know Meteor Crater then Wikipedia is sure 
to oblige. Utterly fantastic and you are unlikely to see anything like 
it elsewhere.

Grand Canyon is utterly stunning, and there is much there that you can 
see - far more than a day would allow, BUT even an hour or so in a 
single area on foot will give you a lifelong memory of having been 
there and of an amazing phenomenon. As an indication of the size, 
there are signs warning visitors not to try and walk to the river and 
back in a single day.

I can provide a substantial number of photos of Meteor Crater and of 
some parts of the Grand Canyon if of interest.

If you manage a car and a 2 day trip you can travel a bit of Route 66 
just so you can say you have done it. Seligman and Kingman are 
somewhere along that way but I'd have to check a map to see if they 
are line of flight when coming to and from Vegas.

If travelling by car going via Sedona (slightly longer) is visually 
very rewarding. Sedona is where people from Phoenix flee to to escape 
the summer heat if they can afford to :-). The visual attraction is 
the fantastic landscape.  I can provide photos but I'm sure Wikipedia 
and others do an adequate job.



        Russell


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