It was early morning when we met the luxury car at a hotel in Phoenix, AZ, and the temperature was already 85 degrees.
My husband and I were excited to go on the Grand Canyon helicopter and ground trip.
It thrilled us that the car they sent to take us to our first part of the tour was air-conditioned. We were going to travel Route 66, and we had different stops to see parts of historic Route 66, and visit some of the shops located in those areas. Even before we got into the helicopter, we spent some time seeing the changes of going from cactus in the Sonoran Desert to tall pine trees in the Ponderosa Pine Forest. The temperature was dropping, but we were still enjoying the air conditioning of the luxury car we were riding in. Once we got to the helicopter, they gave us safety instructions before we could even get in. The helicopter took us to the Rim of Grand Canyon. They served us box lunches while on the trip and bottled water was plentiful. The sights were amazing, and soaring over the Colorado River, high above the Kaibab National Forest and through the Dragon Corridor, the widest and deepest part of the Grand Canyon, left me awestruck. By the time we left Phoenix, AZ to go home, I knew I had just had the trip of a lifetime and nothing else would ever compare. I was sad to leave my cousin and go home, but it was time. I promised to visit her again in Phoenix, AZ, but I also hoped she would come home to visit.