Saturday
December 20, 2008
"DAY 1"
I've been up since 8..
9:22 AM = Started driving; 553.9 trip miles; 18640 total
Exactly 1 hour and 79 miles later = Driving thru a winter wonderland
10:38/654 = Williams is 40 miles from here -- I'm debating whether or not to go to the "second-biggest goddamn hole on the planet" according to Clark Griswold in "National Lampoon's Vacation"
11:05/689.0 = Decision Time.........
11:07/692.2 = Took x163... $29.67 = 14.269 Gall.
Had lunch @ Pizza Hut in IMAX theater lot -- snow up to car's height in parking lot -- while talking to Aditi on phone
1:00/750.0 = Entered Grand Canyon National Park
Only went to Mather and Yavapai viewpoints. Desert View Road needed chains....
2:23/761.6 trip miles = Exited park at the same entrance point -- Going South on 64 now.
4:05 PM = Joined I-40 again from Butler Ave in Flagstaff; 837.6 miles
5:11/924.8 trip miles = Took x286 in Holbrook
5:15/927.2 = Comfort Inn Holbrook
$9 bucks for dinner @ Denny's
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