On the road again! The goal is to reach the Grand Canyon village tonight.

Map of the day:

We wake up at 6h30 am, just to catch the sunrise!

We stop at a 7-ELEVEN gas station, fill up the tank, take some coffee and tea for the road. We then head towards Mojave Natl Preserve, via the Amboy Rd. This road is amazing! So wild!

Yeah, the traditionnal picture of road trips in Western USA… We make a stop a little later as we are crossing a small sea of salt! On the last picture the clouds are really interesting.

We then cross the old 66 Road at around 8:30 AM.

The road that leads to the Mojave preserve is again full of wonderful scenaries. We have the luck to have a beautiful sky!

We do not take a lot of pictures inside the Mojave preserve as we are pretty busy with the road itself. The 10 miles non-paved trail is quite difficult for the car… and us 😉 But at last we manage to get to the visitor center, to find it closed for the season…

We then take the road again towards the Grand Canyon. After a few hours of driving we stop in a small town with some nice little buildings! But it is freezing! 32°F! 0°C!

After peeing, refilling tank and coffee cup we continue our journey. We soon start to have some snow on the side of the road.

At around 5PM, we arrive at the Grand Canyon! Photo time!

Finding a place for the night is not easy! El Tovar hotel is really appealling, but 300$ for the night is a bit expensive, even for Valentine Day! So we end up in a room without shared bathroom at Bright Angel Lodge. The room is better than expected. We have a very nice evening with a fine meal in El Tovar dining room, in front of a fake fireplace!!! A guy from the hotel tells us they replaced the real fire with a fake one due to many uncontrolled fires…