Today we made it to Williams, Arizona.... about 3 1/2 hours, interstate all the way!  The Grand Canyon is about an hour north of here, we're going there tomorrow.  I was looking online for different tours that take you to the bottom of the canyon... and saw that mule rides have to be reserved 7-8 months in advance!  Not that I'd want to spend the day riding a mule lol, but I thought that was crazy having to make reservations that far in advance.  They also have jeep tours, but I think we're all jeeped out after our trip the other day ha!  So, we'll probably take the drive up there and just wander around ourselves. 

A few pictures of the drive here.  Not sure why there was so much haze... don't know if it's dust or fog or what.   There were signs posted to watch for blowing dust on the highway, so maybe that was it.

The campground we're staying at is nice.... again there's a lot of gravel.  But there's just not much grass around anywhere.  We still haven't seen rain in the 3 weeks we've been gone.  And I still have my bag of marshmallows because there have been fire bans the whole time we've been away.  I think we had one fire and that was one cool morning.  With everything so dry, and the way the wind blows it's just not a good idea.

There's a 2 hour time difference here... it's 8:30 and we're ready for bed!  lol  It's messing up Lucy's eating schedule too, her stomach clock says it's dinner time and it's only mid-afternoon. 

We'll be leaving for home on Sunday.  Can't believe we've been away from home for 3 weeks!  As much as we've enjoyed this vacation, I know we'll be ready to head home so we can get some rest and back into our "rut"! lol