Williams, United States Travel Blogs

Life is Like a Bowl of Cherries,...
Mar 3, 2008

... throwing you for a loop...testing your faith.   I got up this morning planning on driving to my next stop in Williams, on the Interstate, and south of the Grand Canyon. I write yesterdays entry and then it starts snowing. I figure I'll stick ...

NOT! Touring the Grand Canyon.
Mar 4, 2008

I get up and have to get ready to leave for the Grand Canyon visitor center. It's at least an hour's drive. The campground attendant gave me some brochures and an Imax coupon to see a show about the Grand Canyon. It was recommended that I see it before ...

Imagination, Hallucination, Revelation & Theories!
Mar 3, 2008

The following is how my thought process, or enlightenment , if you wish to call it, has been progressing the past few weeks to arrive at a Theory that boggles my mind. It's no secret that I am a global thinker, I look at the big picture, and always have. ...

Friday 16 May
May 25, 2008 (5 photos)

Friday 16th May   We have decided to call the RV "Indy" because its model's name is actually called Independence and because it reflects what we are trying to be. So from now on in the journal we will refer to the RV as "Indy".   This ...

On our way to Grand Canyon
Apr 22, 2006 (4 photos)

... to feel like Cliff Claven) We had lunch at the Haunted Hamburger which had an incredible view.(elevation 6,000ft) We continued on to Williams, stopping to take some pictures for you along the way.(see pic) We'll stay the night in Williams and in the ...

RT 89A Arizona
Sep 22, 2007 (24 photos)

I left Scottsdale this morning around 9am after a much needed rest and relaxation. I got to do some shopping, had great company, good things to eat, and saw some of the Phoenix desert area. My travels started North on Hgwy 17 because my plans were ...

Beautiful Arizona
Jan 8, 2003 (4 photos)

Greetings from Arizona, Our destination was the small town of Williams which is about a half hour west of Flagstaff. We left the Vegas desert on the famous Route 66. It was a long drive and naturally we got hungry. So, we pulled over and ate lunch at ...

Snow Storm
Feb 22, 2008 (2 photos)

On our way to the Grand Canyon, we decided to stay in a small town nearby called Williams.  The only problem was that we ended up getting 6 inches of snow!!!  It was horrible to drive in.  We saw a ton of cars flipped over, turned over, and ...

Painted Desert, wigwams, Winslow, the Grand Canyon
Jun 3, 2005 (52 photos)

An early morning and we're back in the Painted Desert. We stopped at the overlooks to admire the colors of the unique landscaping. Learnt that the white layers are sandstone, dark red is iron stained siltstone. Every pull off offers up a unique view ...

Arizona--Painted Desert, Lake Powell, Colorado Riv
May 23, 2009 (16 photos)

  DAY 35, Wednesday, May 20--We left Williams following Old Route 66 through Flagstaff. Both cities have retained the vintage look of the old motels and eateries along the route. In Flagstaff, we had the best  hot dogs ever for the "Dog Haus". ...

Übernachtung in Williams
Aug 27, 2008 (7 photos)

Williams ist im Stil eines Wild West Orts gestaltet und wird morgen erkundigt, bevor wir weiterfahren

Grand canyon
Oct 17, 2008

1 nt on the way at monument valley then 1 nt at desert view, eastern end of grand canyon before driving down to arizona.

Red Rocks in a Pink Jeep
Jul 27, 2009 (7 photos)

Today we went to Oak Creek Canyon.  I got a new t-shirt there.  Indians were selling things on tables near the canyon.  Then we went to Sedona.  We walked around the tow.  There were red mountains all around us.  Then we went ...

free camping
Oct 1, 2008 (8 photos)

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Arizona--Phoenix to Williams, Grand Canyon Gateway
May 16, 2009 (16 photos)

... for the mountains "without water") in stages in the period 1100-1400. Interesting because it is 90% of the original remains. Williams is pleasant and cooler, and on Friday night several restaurants have outdoor dining and music. Starving, we ate at a steak ...

Williams
Oct 12, 2007

... to the Grand Canyon, a guide-narrated motorcoach rim tour with lunch, 2 nights at the Grand Canyon Railroad Hotel in Williams, 2 breakfasts and 2 dinners at Max & Thelma's Restaurant in Williams. The hotelroom is spacious. They even have a hot-tub ...

What Happened A Long Time Ago
Jul 26, 2009 (7 photos)

... Ranger badge at Walnut Creek!  When the day was over I walked over 2 1/2 miles.  We stopped tfor the night at Williams, Arizona.  It is the gateway to the Grand Canyon and Sedona.  We will visit them the next few days.  We have ...

Williams
Nov 10, 2007 (3 photos)

Normally I wouldn't have done a write up on this one because we just passed through but I had to mention it. I have never seen a city more ready for Christmas this early. I'll post some of the pictures we took.

Arizona--Grand Canyon and Sedona
May 19, 2009 (23 photos)

... - Grand Canyon and Sedona, Arizona Spent the last three days seeing nature's beauty in northern Arizona. Being centrally located in Williams is both a blessing and a curse. The quaint historic Route 66 town is about an hour from the entrance to Grand ...

The Grand Canyon Experience
Jul 14, 2007

... are many, to be sure. We stayed overnight at the canyon, then the next afternoon, yesterday, we headed back to Williams on the train. I'm sure you'll forgive me for being brief from this point on today, due to the aforementioned circumstances and ...

Grand Canyon
Oct 28, 2007 (10 photos)

Arriving in Williams we were surprised to find an IMAX theatre, showing 'the world's most watched IMAX film' which was a 45 presentation of the history of the Grand Canyon, which looked magnificent. On arriving at Desert View point over the actual Grand ...

Standin' on a corner in Winslow Arizona..
Oct 4, 2007 (32 photos)

... offering a discounted price to stay here (they still have power, water & wi-fi). We wanted to stay in the National Park itself, but they were booked up this weekend, so Williams was the closest town that had a RV park - a 45 minute drive to the Canyon.

Grand Canyon
Jul 2, 2003 (28 photos)

... made then what people built. We had to stop many times to let the car rest and we arrived later then we thought in Williams. I didn't want to stay in Town, I just wanted to park the car somewhere near by the National Park entrance and wait for the ...

Grand Canyon day
Aug 28, 2007 (4 photos)

... but can only assume it was the big cat he had warned us of surprising another tourist! Then we had an hours drive to Williams to the sweetest litle motel with tapestries and on the wall and teddy bears on the bed on patchwork quilts. I'm writing this on ...

A real rodeo
May 26, 2007

Headed up through a very windey road and down through the Chino Valley to Prescott and then on towards Williams, the gateway to the Grand Canyon. Could only manage a short drive today, booked into probably the only beds left in town and crashed. This is ...

Going to the Grand Canyon (aka The Big Ditch!)
Sep 27, 2006 (5 photos)

We have seen so much amazing scenery as we've driven these 13,000+ miles! As soon as we left the Albuquerque area, we were soon out of the mountains, and instead, we were surrounded by mesas and huge, rounded, smooth red rock formations. I took alot of ...

Doing the Math - and - Our NEW New Itinerary
Sep 27, 2006 (5 photos)

... FUEL COST PER MILE: $.342 HERE'S OUR NEWLY REVISED ITINERARY (so much for the month of relaxing and winding down!) Sept. 27 - 29 Williams Arizona, Taking the Grand Canyon RR to the South Rim on the 28th Sept. 29-Oct. 4 At our membership park in ...

Grand Canyon
Oct 13, 2005

Happy Thanksgiving everyone (a bit late!). We found another free library so thought we would tell you about our Grand experience ( that's Canyon). We ended up going for 6 days (3 at the North Rim and 3 at the S. Rim). At both sides we did very long ...

All the way down!
Oct 19, 2008 (43 photos)

... ). We had an endless shower and then went out for a rewarding dinner. We found out when walking around the small town of Williams (only 2 long streets) that it is actually on Route 66 (the old road that crossed US) and was therefore full of places where ...

DAY 13: Grand Canyon, Arizona
Mar 30, 2008 (12 photos)

... down to the car park. We drove for slightly more than an hour that night and ended up in Americas Best Value Inn in the town of Williams on I-40. The plan for next two days is quite set. We are going to Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday to win some cash in the ...