Mar 27-28 - Grand Canyon / Williams

Mar 27th - Williams, AZ
We thought it was windy yesterday but it was nothing compared to today. We pulled in our slides before we went out for a while as the large slide that was facing the wind was moving so much. We played “good neighbor” and picked up and folded lawn chairs that were blowing away from a rig across the street When we got back we realized that the large slide was the last one to go out so we put out the other two and left the large one in until the wind dropped a bit. We were happy that the wind dropped until I opened the door to take Dolly out about 9:30 and realized that it was snowing!!! Everything was white and it was still snowing. We had seen a weather forecast and it agreed with our outdoor temperature reading of below freezing.

Mar 28th - Grand Canyon / Williams
The roads were clear this morning with other areas still mostly white but thawing quickly - helped by the wind that was still blowing but not so bad. After fortifying ourselves with fresh doughnuts from the nearby Safeway, we headed out for the Grand Canyon which is 59 miles from here. There were a few skiffs of snow along the way but it turned out to be a much better day than we expected. With our heaviest coats we were OK but I sure as heck would not have wanted to spend hours on a mule riding down the canyon! The film at the IMAX theatre about the history of the canyon was wonderful. We spent about 6 hours with travel and sightseeing. Some more skiffs of snow on the way back and it is just below freezing now (7:30).