Seeing the Grand Canyon was long a dream for me. Moving to Arizona put it in greater reach than before. But my move happened in the summer, too hot and too crowded to fully appreciate this natural wonder spanning 277 miles from end to end.
So, I booked a hotel room in Williams, about 55 miles south of Grand Canyon National Park's main entrance, for early November. My thought was to visit when the weather cooled to fall temperatures and fewer people were likely to pass through the entry gates.
What I didn’t expect was the weather cooling to winter temperatures...