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Hi,
I will be vacationing in Prescott, Arizona for 3 weeks this June/ July and want to take a side trip to the Grand Canyon area for 2-3 days. Any suggestions of where to stay in the Grand Canyon area that is not incredibly expensive would be greatly appreciated. Also please mention things to do in the Grand Canyon area. I've heard that the heliocopter ride is not to be missed. Thanks |
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On Tue, 25 May 2010 08:38:24 -0700 (PDT), retrosorter
wrote: Hi, I will be vacationing in Prescott, Arizona for 3 weeks this June/ July and want to take a side trip to the Grand Canyon area for 2-3 days. Any suggestions of where to stay in the Grand Canyon area that is not incredibly expensive would be greatly appreciated. Also please mention things to do in the Grand Canyon area. I've heard that the heliocopter ride is not to be missed. Thanks You can stay in Flagstaff, which has the usual quota of inexpensive freeway motels. When I take people to the Canyon for a short trip, we stay in Flagstaff. I take them on a tour through Sunset Crater national Monument, then the back road to Wupatki National Monument (the road overlooks the distant Painted Desert) and then on to Cameron and its trading post. It'struly touristy, but it is an old trading post for the Navajo Nation and it has a very nice restaurant. Then in the east entrance to the GCNP. We drive the rim to the village, stopping at overlooks that interest us. In the village we stroll a while along the rim. Then south to Williams and back to Flagstaff. I believe the helicopters are along that road from GC Village to Williams. Fecently some restrictions have been imposed by the Park Serviceon Canyon flyovers. You should Google for soem of these services; reservations may be required well in advance. We actually spend only the last half of the day at the Canyon. I've been there a number of times on these quicky trips and only spend the day there. The Grand Canyon has a number of things you can do there, but you would have to stay there, probably in the Canyon Village, to take advantage of them, and some, like mule rides to the bottom require freservations well in advance and have weight. You can also do some extensive hiking. The problem really is that you can either spend a few hours there taking photos and oohing and aahing or you can spend a couple days there; there doesn't seem to be an in-between. Highway 89A between Flagstaff and Sedona goes through the spectacular Oak Creek Canyon and should notbe missed. On a hot day Slide Rock State Park is a fun place to get wet in Oak Creek. I remeber Sedona when it wasn't a wold-class resort area and I thik it's been badly spoiled. But it's worth a stop for lunch. On your way out of Prescott be srue to make a stop at the quasi-ghost town of Jerome. There are a number of sights in the Prescott-GC area, such as Montezuma's Castle National Monument and Montezuma's Well, Tuzigoot National Monument, and Walnut Canyon National Monument. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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On Tue, 25 May 2010 23:18:33 -0400, Shawn Hirn
wrote: In article , retrosorter wrote: Hi, I will be vacationing in Prescott, Arizona for 3 weeks this June/ July and want to take a side trip to the Grand Canyon area for 2-3 days. Any suggestions of where to stay in the Grand Canyon area that is not incredibly expensive would be greatly appreciated. Also please mention things to do in the Grand Canyon area. I've heard that the heliocopter ride is not to be missed. Thanks Good luck with that. In order to stay anywhere remotely near the Grand Canyon, you need to book a room several months in advance. For various values of "remotely." Rooms are almost always available in Flagstaff or Williams on, at most, a couple days notice. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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"Hatunen" wrote in message ... On Tue, 25 May 2010 23:18:33 -0400, Shawn Hirn wrote: In article , retrosorter wrote: Hi, I will be vacationing in Prescott, Arizona for 3 weeks this June/ July and want to take a side trip to the Grand Canyon area for 2-3 days. Any suggestions of where to stay in the Grand Canyon area that is not incredibly expensive would be greatly appreciated. Also please mention things to do in the Grand Canyon area. I've heard that the heliocopter ride is not to be missed. Thanks Good luck with that. In order to stay anywhere remotely near the Grand Canyon, you need to book a room several months in advance. For various values of "remotely." Rooms are almost always available in Flagstaff or Williams on, at most, a couple days notice. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * Mention of Williams reminds me that http://www.thetrain.com/ is a way of getting to the South Rim. My own preference on the three times I've been to the Canyon has been to stay at one of the places inside the park on the South Rim (I'll get to the North one day). It's expensive and can be a bit soulless but doing that I've seen both sunrise and sunset over the canyon and I've been able to hike down to Phantom Ranch. You also get a slightly calmer view than during the day when the hordes arrive. But getting those reservations has always been an adventure. The first time I did it I booked well in advance and got both South Rim and Phantom with few problems. I can't remember precisely how I organised things the second time but I got reservations at Phantom Ranch but for some reason didn't get reservations for the night before. Found myself driving up from Williams with a stream of cars coming towards me and suddenly realised that I'd better do something which turned out to be a not very attractive motel at the junction with the road from Flagstaff. Last time I only booked the flights from the UK 3 weeks before departure and when I contacted the canyon the answer was "full". But I phoned again the night before and got a room. When we did arrive the full signs were up so I was lucky. |
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On May 25, 1:53*pm, Hatunen wrote:
On Tue, 25 May 2010 08:38:24 -0700 (PDT), retrosorter wrote: Hi, I will be vacationing in Prescott, Arizona for *3 weeks this June/ July and want to take *a side trip to the Grand Canyon area for 2-3 days. Any suggestions of where to stay in the Grand Canyon area that is not incredibly expensive would be greatly appreciated. Also please mention things to do in the Grand Canyon area. I've heard that the heliocopter ride is not to be missed. Thanks You can stay in Flagstaff, which has the usual quota of inexpensive freeway motels. When I take people to the Canyon for a short trip, we stay in Flagstaff. I take them on a tour through Sunset Crater national Monument, then the back road to Wupatki National Monument (the road overlooks the distant Painted Desert) and then on to Cameron and its trading post. It'struly touristy, but it is an old trading post for the Navajo Nation and it has a very nice restaurant. Then in the east entrance to the GCNP. We drive the rim to the village, stopping at overlooks that interest us. In the village we stroll a while along the rim. Then south to Williams and back to Flagstaff. I believe the helicopters are along that road from GC Village to Williams. Fecently some restrictions have been imposed by the Park Serviceon Canyon flyovers. You should Google for soem of these services; reservations may be required well in advance. We actually spend only the last half of the day at the Canyon. I've been there a number of times on these quicky trips and only spend the day there. The Grand Canyon has a number of things you can do there, but you would have to stay there, probably in the Canyon Village, to take advantage of them, and some, like mule rides to the bottom require freservations well in advance and have weight. You can also do some extensive hiking. The problem really is that you can either spend a few hours there taking photos and oohing and aahing or you can spend a couple days there; there doesn't seem to be an in-between. Highway 89A between Flagstaff and Sedona goes through the spectacular Oak Creek Canyon and should notbe missed. On a hot day Slide Rock State Park is a fun place to get wet in Oak Creek. I remeber Sedona when it wasn't a wold-class resort area and I thik it's been badly spoiled. But it's worth a stop for lunch. On your way out of Prescott be srue to make a stop at the quasi-ghost town of Jerome. There are a number of sights in the Prescott-GC area, such as Montezuma's Castle National Monument and Montezuma's Well, Tuzigoot National Monument, and Walnut Canyon National Monument. -- * ************** DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * ** * * * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * * * * * ** My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * Hi Dave, Thanks for your reply. I'm thinking that b/c Flagstaff isn't that much closer to GC than Prescott, it might make more sense to get some early starts from Prescott, and visit the Canyon two or three times, and drive home to Prescott in the evening. What thinks you? |
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On 25/05/10 8:38 AM, retrosorter wrote:
Hi, I will be vacationing in Prescott, Arizona for 3 weeks this June/ July and want to take a side trip to the Grand Canyon area for 2-3 days. Any suggestions of where to stay in the Grand Canyon area that is not incredibly expensive would be greatly appreciated. Also please mention things to do in the Grand Canyon area. I've heard that the heliocopter ride is not to be missed. Thanks We stayed at the Grand Hotel outside the park and it was $90 a night, but that was in December which is low season. Very nice but strange sheets that did not fit the bed and kept falling off. I'm sure in June/July, the worst times to go to the Grand Canyon, that the hotels are far more expensive, and harder to book. Not much to do at the GC in the summer except hiking. If you have a vehicle with 4WD you can drive down to the bottom of the GC through some Indian land, but you have to pay about $16 a person for access. See "http://www.takemytrip.com/featured0705.htm" The real question is what will you do for 3 weeks in Prescott? I went there in January on the way back from Sedona, to visit some friends that had moved there from California. Nice little town, but I don't think I'd spend 3 weeks there. At least they have a Costco. |
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On Wed, 26 May 2010 08:17:46 -0700 (PDT), retrosorter
wrote: Hi Dave, Thanks for your reply. I'm thinking that b/c Flagstaff isn't that much closer to GC than Prescott, it might make more sense to get some early starts from Prescott, and visit the Canyon two or three times, and drive home to Prescott in the evening. What thinks you? I think Prescott is further from the Canyon than you think. From Flag the GC is about 100 miles, all pretty smooth driving, albeit two-lane. From Prescott it's about 128 miles, on two-lane except for a few miles (Prescott-Ash Fork-Williams-Grand Canyon village) and there's mountainous driving involved. The rim drive at GC is over 50 miles long and you'll need to return to drive back to Prescott. From Flag, it's a kind of loop drive and you only need to do the rim drive one way. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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On Wed, 26 May 2010 09:12:57 -0700, SMS
wrote: The real question is what will you do for 3 weeks in Prescott? I went there in January on the way back from Sedona, to visit some friends that had moved there from California. Nice little town, but I don't think I'd spend 3 weeks there. At least they have a Costco. The movie "Billy Jack" was filmed in Prescott, and if you've been there you recognize a lot of the locations. But the hippies and bikers that tagged along and worked as extras irritated the townspeople so much filming had to be moved, so about half-way through the locations become Sante Fe NM, a totally different looking town. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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On 26/05/10 2:49 PM, Hatunen wrote:
On Wed, 26 May 2010 09:12:57 -0700, SMS wrote: The real question is what will you do for 3 weeks in Prescott? I went there in January on the way back from Sedona, to visit some friends that had moved there from California. Nice little town, but I don't think I'd spend 3 weeks there. At least they have a Costco. The movie "Billy Jack" was filmed in Prescott, and if you've been there you recognize a lot of the locations. But the hippies and bikers that tagged along and worked as extras irritated the townspeople so much filming had to be moved, so about half-way through the locations become Sante Fe NM, a totally different looking town. Wow, I remember that movie, but it was so long ago that I can't remember any of the scenes. |
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On Wed, 26 May 2010 14:46:15 -0700, Hatunen wrote:
I think Prescott is further from the Canyon than you think. From Flag the GC is about 100 miles, all pretty smooth driving, albeit two-lane. From Prescott it's about 128 miles, on two-lane except for a few miles (Prescott-Ash Fork-Williams-Grand Canyon village) and there's mountainous driving involved. The rim drive at GC is over 50 miles long and you'll need to return to drive back to Prescott. From Flag, it's a kind of loop drive and you only need to do the rim drive one way. It's been a while since we've been there but I remember reading at the time that the road had a number of fatal accidents. I would imagine it was because it would be very easy to speed on it but since there are slow vehicles also, it requires a lot of passing. |
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