Saturday, June 15, 2024

24.06.14 We have visitors!...Helicopter Tour and Route 66 Car Show!!!

We were SO excited!!! Cashton and Sherry are here for Fun and Adventure with us! 


First things first...FOOD! We went to Station 66 Italian Bistro. Super delicious! 

Grampa had Baked Mac n Cheese with Buffalo Chicken.
Cashton had Baked Mac n Cheese with BBQ Pulled Pork
Sherry had Chicken Alfredo
and I had The Chicken Parm Sandwich
YUM!!! There was a "gunfight" going on outside too!




We surprised Cashton with an Imperial Eco Star Helicopter Tour of the Grand Canyon! He was so happy!




They went through their safety instruction video! Those are life preservers strapped around their waste.



The moment the Helicopter went over the edge of the canyon.


If you look closely you can see a couple of rafts in the river below the rapids.  They look like specs in the water from here but they are really 10 or 12 person rafts!


This is the confluence of the Little Colorado River and the Colorado River.  The aqua color in the Little Colorado is from iron and minerals in the canyon carried in the water.





This is Point Imperial, the highest point on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon at 8803 feet of elevation.  This is also the most northern boundary of the park.


I think someone is having a great time!!




Here is Cashton's video of his helicopter tour of the Grand Canyon!




I thought this would  be a genuine chocolate factory. Boy were we disappointed! They had some fudge and ice cream. The fudge was dry. 



A spur of the moment roadside pull off...Bedrock City now called Raptor Ranch!! This place used to be a whole village of Flintstone buildings theme park.  
A link to check it out: Bedrock City Theme Park


After The helicopter tour we headed back to Williams to the Route 66 Sock Hop Car Show and Parade. WOW! 









Another video! This one is the Route 66 Car Show. 




Sherry bought Cashton a sucker with a real scorpion in it! No. He did not eat it down to the bug!

Back at the campground, Cashton had to take Grampa's e-bike for a spin.



Of course we needed hamburgers and chocolate malts to finish the day!


Cashton and I both had the patty melt and sweet potato fries. YUM!
Another big day tomorrow! Cashton said that today can't be beat...we'll see!


LOVE THIS KID!


4 comments:

Cashton said...

Thank you for a amazing trip!

Jessica said...

❤️😎

Anonymous said...

We were so happy to have you share this trip with us! Start dreaming of the next place you want to go Cashton, we love our adventures with you! ❤️

Vicki - SPWISC said...

Scott said the red '68 Charger is the ultimate car. I noticed it wasn't in the parade though.