We left Prescott early (for us) around 9:00 AM.  The weather was still very cold, with lots of snow on the ground.  The frozen mud crunched under our shoes in the morning, which is preferable to what we got in the afternoon: slushy mud.  Most of our rugs, shoes, and pant cuffs are acquiring a fine patina of ruddy mud.  As Jody noted, we need a 'mud room'.  Maybe I'll put one in the NEXT Airstream I refurbish.

The first leg of our drive was not long -- we pulled in to Williams, Arizona, right at the intersection of I 40 and Arizona 64, about 11:00 AM.  We quickly unhitched and headed up highway 64 for the 59 mile drive to the Grand Canyon National Park.  This too was an easy drive, especially the part where we got to use the express lane into the park since we had previously bought a 1 year "Golden Eagle" pass good for all National Parks.  After negotiating the parking lots and shuttle buses, we walked 1/4 mile to the South Rim.  The picture below is part of a 180-degree view composite of 4 images Jody took, reduced to 10 percent of its original size.  If you have sufficient bandwidth and interest, clicking this picture will download the entire 1.3 MB image.

Here is a shot of Joya enjoying the view.

Doug and Jordan pausing at one of the many view points along the South Rim trail.

    We encountered this character in the parking lot,
    and I could not resist snapping a pic.

This is a shot of the San Francisco peaks, which are either former or current volcanoes.
Their height is over 12,000 feet, so we could see them from most anywhere.

After we got back to camp, Jody started the pasta water and we all took a very relaxing
hot tub at the indoor pool facilities provided by the campground.  It was heavenly. 
We had the whole place to ourselves.  After a fabulous  dinner, we all were very tired
and retired early.