Grand Canyon & Rt 66

We walked down to Macey's European Coffee House in Flagstaff for the next to the best cup of coffee I have ever had (the other one is a secret, sorry). I like Flagstaff! College kids and teachers in the coffee shop first thing Monday morning. Very nice vibe here, and the rest of the town as well. Note to self..
Since we ate our vegetables yesterday, putting the long day in from Albuquerque to Flagstaff, we treated ourselves to some dessert. We did the loop up to ride along the south rim of the Grand Canyon. It was pretty sparse on the traffic front, until, we got into the park (free (as opposed to $25) by way of Hannah's park pass). It was surprisingly busy for March but one of the rangers said it was spring break in a lot of schools, hence the mob. I am sure nothing like summer, but tough to find a parking spot, long lines, etc, so we bought some fruit and stuff at the grocery store and had a picnic. Grand Canyon is awesome in it's sheer scale. It surprises you after crawling along the desert and then turning the corner, AND THERE IT IS!!
It was mid-day when we got there so no magical early or late day sun, but Hannah got a shot of sunburned old dad with canyon behind, for the record, which despite my radiance, does not do the Canyon justice. Once again, I tip my hat to Teddy Roosevelt for setting it aside after visiting it in 1903.
The park is very big and the Village is confusing and feels kind of like Disney World with all the lodges and the train and multiple market places. I managed to find my way out and found the road south (Rt69) and filled up (it never ends..) the Harley, and soon was out in the open road again. Just outside the park limit is all the commercial stuff (hotels, fast food, etc) and then nothing but open dry mixed desert high alpine trees.
We got to the turn for Flagstaff and realized we could keep on Rt69 and cut the corner west to get to Rt40. We discovered that there is a 100+ mile stretch of old Rt66 here that goes through Peach Springs (not peaches and no springs anywhere) that was a very nice ride. They even had Burma Shave signs:
"You can beat... A mile a minute....But there ain't... No future in it... Burma Shave"
 (The goal was Bullhead City (just to say we stayed in a town named Bullhead City), but alas, by the time we got to Rt40, it was 5:30 and we were spent, and we knew a great brew-pub in Kingman where we stayed last week, so here we are in the same motel (except the guy shaved his head since we were here last week..) and awesome beer in the Black Ridge Brewery. You can order from 3 different restaurants on the same street and they walk it over to the pub, which we did and they did and it was great. Nice stroll through the old historic railroad town, back to the motel, and.. crash. Awesome day!! Back to Vegas tomorrow.