ARIZONA

July 9-11….We arrived in Kingman, Arizona on Saturday evening. It was a lovely 112 degrees when we got into the state and there were bad thunder and lightning storms. We got settled into our hotel and let the kids swim. Thankfully grandma had brought us a bunch of food at Hume Lake, so we just had a nice dinner by the pool. Sunday morning we woke up and headed for the Grand Canyon. It took about 3 hours to get there. We spent 2 hours at the park looking at the canyon, eating lunch, and watching a movie at the visitor center. The Grand Canyon was an amazing sight and almost looks pretend. Once again my kids were very interested in watching the squirrels instead of the canyon. From the Grand Canyon we drove about an hour to Flagstaff, Arizona. It was fun to drive along parts of Historic Route 66. We went to pizza dinner in downtown Flagstaff. It was a neat little downtown area with many old buildings and a very old train station. The kids got treats at a Sweets Candy Store and then we were headed back for some swimming time. We woke up Monday morning to a very grouchy Allie, so we took our time to get ready and then finally made it into the car, got some Starbucks, and it was off to Utah!!