Today we lucked out and there was a cancellation at the El Tovar so we were able to re-check in. After we went to a talk on condors (super interesting) and a kids’ program, we settled into our room. This one has a king bed and rollaway cot. The room is located right at the [...]

My knees are not so happy with me. This morning we got up at 5:30am to try and make a ranger led hike that was leaving at 7:00am. This was after I got about 3 hours sleep. The El Tovar may be a Grand Hotel but they still have those loud air conditioners in the [...]

Where else to watch the sun set over the Grand Canyon than from the El Tovar Lounge. We found a nice table right in front of the plate glass window and watched it lower down over the horizon. Today it wasn’t so colorful, but of course, ot was pretty. We shared a plate of cheese [...]