Williams, AZ and the Grand Canyon

Heading back to Ventura for Matthew and Jasmine's wedding we stopped for a couple days in Williams, AZ at the Canyon Motel & RV Park. This is a Passport America Park so we get charged half price.

Canyon Motel & RV Park

Because we are fairly close to the Grand Canyon we decided to drive up to it. We have been to it dozens of times, but it is always worth the effort. Actually the last time we were here was when we came with Scott and Terri. Matthew and Scott hiked to the bottom of the canyon and stayed the night hiking out the next morning. 

We had to leave early because Patty's mother Eileen had some medical problems. She passed before we could get back, but it was important that we did to get back. 

Always a beautiful view!

Grand Canyon

We walked a few miles along the Rim Trail.

Rim Trail

depending what day and what time of the day the view is always different. There are rock formations everywhere.

Rock Formations

The Colorado River has created this huge canyon. It still runs through!

Colorado River

It looks like this rock fell here . As I said the canyon is always interesting.

Falling Rock

about half way between Williams and the Grand Canyon in Valle, Arizona is the Planes of Fame Air Museum.

Planes of Fame

Planes of Fame Air Museum was founded by Edward T. Maloney on January 12, 1957 in Claremont, California, to save historically important aircraft. At that time, it was called "The Air Museum". A small group of volunteers, including future Museum president Steve Hinton, set out to make the museum's aircraft flyable.

As the Museum's collection of aircraft and memorabilia continued to grow, it became necessary to find a new home with enough space to house everything. In 1962 the museum relocated to nearby Ontario Airport, Ontario, California.

A few years later, in 1970, redevelopment of the airport at Ontario forced The Air Museum to move again. The non-flyable aircraft became part of the "Movie World: Cars of the Stars and Planes of Fame Museum" in Buena Park, California, located near Knott's Berry Farm, while the flyable aircraft relocated to Chino Airport, about 30 miles away. When Movie World closed, the name "Planes of Fame" stayed.

Planes of Fame consolidated in 1973, with its static aircraft joining the flying examples at historic Chino Airport in Chino, California. This was fitting as the airport was formerly the home of Cal-Aero Academy, which was an Army Air Corp flight training facility. The academy trained more than 10,000 pilots prior to the end of World War II, making it a perfect location in which to restore and give new life to the aircraft these men had flown into combat more than three decades earlier. As more and more aircraft were restored and the collection grew, an additional display facility was opened in 1995 at Valle, Arizona, it houses more than 40 of the Museum’s aircraft, many of which are also flyable.

They are also working on a bunch of planes outside. They are far from complete.

We got a Groupon so the fee was very reasonable.

Well that's it for today,

Continue to pray for Avery Huffman.

God Bless and thanks for reading,

Brian and Patty