The drive from Sedona to the Grand Canyon is relatively short at about two hours. I planned a charging stop at Flagstaff and we also picked up some supplies at WalMart. We arrived quite early and were lucky to be able to get an early check-in at our hotel. The staff were very helpful and let me know I could use electrical outlets on lamposts in their parking lot to charge our car. I discovered that the 120v pigtail Tesla supplies has a ninety-degree at the plug which turns the cable in the wrong direction for the recessed sockets. I now know that I should carry a short extension cord with a straight plug for such situations. We relied again on the supercharger in town. We booked three nights to be sure we had time to take in all the sights. We waited until the line at the entry gate was relatively short, the National Parks Service has a webcam on their website for you to monitor how busy the gates are.

This is the first time for us to see the Grand Canyon and my big takeaway was how incredibly deep it is. Karen said it is mind bending. It’s very wide as well at eighteen miles but I have never seen a sheer cliff a mile tall. It has to be seen to be believed, photos can’t express the scale of the canyon. It reminded me of the Wile. E. Coyote and the Roadrunner cartoon, that’s a long way to fall.

Karen has developed quite a bad cough along with congestion. I suspect this might be associated with the higher elevations. Tusayan where we are staying is 6,612 feet, the south rim of te Canyon is 7,000 feet. I noticed that my breathing has become more difficult. At the end of this road trip series of posts I will detail the data from my Fitbit which shows that my respiration and resting heart rate has increased and oxygen saturation decreased.

After returning from the Grand Canyon I ran over the the supercharger across the road to top off the battery for the next days adventures.