Southwest Vacation, Day 2

Originally, we planned on taking the train from Williams to the south rim 'cause we'd heard that was pretty neat and not too expensive. Well, it's not too expensive if you are willing to ride in an unairconditioned car. An air conditioned car costs twice as much. We figured for the money, we'd rather drive to the south rim and take an hour flight over the grand canyon. Well, some of us anyway. Darby and Bev opted out of the flight and Mom didn't even want to do the South Rim so we left mom back at Williams with one of the rigs for her to tool around in and we drove the trusty Suburban to the south rim airport.
Darby and Bev dropped us off for our flight and they went in to the South Rim village for some lunch. John, Frankie, and Julie-Ana Kenyon, Caroline and I took the flight. It was a great flight, but hard to take photos in the cramped cockpit of the Cessna. We managed to take a few. Frankie and John decided to test the durability of the vomit bags -- they seemed to work. Julie-Ana got sick, but didn't actually use a bag. I think Caroline felt a bit ill, but survived. I managed to survive too. Once done with the flight, we drove into the park and parked the Suburban. We used the free south rim shuttle service to visit various places along the south rim.
One thing I was really impressed by -- I mean besides the HUGE HOLE in the ground -- was the lack of safety railing. I mean it would really be impossible for them to put a safety rail around the whole thing and it would certainly detract from the overall aesthetics and all anyway. It's just I was amazed how easy it was to put your whole life in peril and no one seemed to care. Well, no one but maybe Darby (deathly afraid of heights).
After visiting various places throughout the day, we found a good spot and watched the sunset. Unfortunately, after the sun sets, it gets pretty dark and we didn't think to bring our big flashlights with us. So, with the light from my pocket penlight, the moon and stars, we navigated back to the hotel for a much needed rest.
We found out that much of our early part of the trip was spent on the old route 66. The place we had breakfast 2 mornings and dinner once was a 50's type diner right on route 66, about a block from our hotel in Williams. That's where Darby found her nemeses -- the Pepsi logo.