We left Moab in the morning, after a last session at the arcade games and at the water slide 🙂

We drove through the spectacular landscape of western Utah, with the iconic monuments carved by erosion. We didn’t stop at Monument Valley, we knew it would take too much time, and already got a good sample of it on the road. Priorities, priorities!

The second half of the trip was less enchanting, the equivalent of the Wyoming on our way to Cody, only with different colors.

We arrived late afternoon at the Grand Canyon National Park, made one stop to see the view on the eastern side (Desert view) and one stop at the main visitor center to plan our day tomorrow with the help of a ranger, smiling and helpful despite having spent the day answering the same questions again and again.

We reached our hotel, right outside the park, at Tusayan. We had read bad reviews in our guide about this town (tourist trap) but it’s the perfect place for families, with plenty of restaurants close to the hotel(s). It’s not charming, it’s not cheap, but it’s very convenient and the hotel is comfortable. And it’s literally 500m from the park’s entrance.