Awesome video. Took your advice during our trip to the Grand Canyon and it was a perfect trip. We’ll be looking to you for advice for our next vacation!
That’s really great to hear!! The Grand Canyon is one of those places you can’t really go wrong in. But it’s also a place where you can get stuck in one place. Once you walk to the edge there’s a part of you that just wants to stop and stare out and stay. We had to keep reminding each other to keep moving so we could see more spots. 😂
To everyone who is reading this, you’re beautiful and an amazing person. Please exercise frequently and eat more fruits/veggies. I wish you all good health, great success, and everlasting happiness!!!!
You’re welcome. Hope you enjoy the Grand Canyon as much as we do. We spent two weeks there about a year prior this video. We were nearby and even though we’d already been, and only had one day, we had to go back.
You’re going to love it. There’s nothing like stepping to the edge and looking down for the first time. The feeling is indescribable. Have fun and safe travels!! -Chris & Suzannah
Great video - Thank you! We will be spending a day at the South rim at end of October as part of our 14,000km "Road Trip" - it is a celebration of my wifes retirement! Really looking forward to this, at this point it will be part of our Route 66 drive portion, and it will serve as a scouting trip for future trips so we can stay in some areas longer to explore! We've thrown in an extra twist and doing it in our electric car! Thanks again for the video and insights. Travel safe. Mike & Ally
Well congratulations Ally on your retirement! We have a few other videos from along Route 66 with some amazing locations like El Malpais National Monument and Petrified National Park. Have fun and enjoy your retirement!!
Thank you so much. We definitely aren’t big like some of the fluffy channels but we wouldn’t do this if we weren’t able to just be us. It’s great to hear someone appreciate it. -Chris & Suzannah
Thanks so much for this!!! My family and I are going to the Canyon for the first time ever this weekend and I added all of these stops to our list! So excited to go! Thanks so much again for all your tips!
You’re so welcome! We love helping other people travel so it’s awesome to hear this!!! Have fun and make sure you give yourself enough time to just stand at the edge and say “WOW”!!
I plan on going to see the canyon 2022 in March. I'll be staying in Flagstaff, AZ and visiting the canyon the 2 full days I'll be in town. Great video guys. It has giving me some things to look forward to when I make my visit.
@@broinsocali That's fantastic! Thank you for getting back to us and letting us know. What did you think when you stood at the Grand Canyon for the first time?
I'm way late for this video but I totally laughed about the Minecraft comment. As a homeschooling mom my kids have done that. I get so excited thinking I taught them something and then they say oh I learned it from this game or that TH-cam 🤣🤣
Chris and Suzannah, a great video about what you can do in one day at the Grand Canyon. I personally like visiting in the winter. Thank you for sharing.
@@HintonTheTrail all is well. Shelley and I just returned two weeks of RV life and photography. We’ll be catching up on videos for the next month😉. We hope that all is going well for your family. Peace and Safe Travels.
@@CraigNiesenPhotography Very nice. Hope you found some beautiful locations to relax and take more great photos. We're doing well, still heading West. Leaving Wyoming today and wishing we were staying longer.
A lot of amazing spots you showcased , I think that million mile trail was awesome and the dad joke was on point and timed perfect! So many great spots there ! Great video !
Thank you so much!! Dad jokes make the day so much better (or so Chris thinks). Is it possible to find a bad spot at the Grand Canyon? Ha ha. What is your favorite spot? -Chris & Suzannah
Thank you for sharing, I just returned from the grand canyon. I also had one day. I will be back. Using your guide. I suggest staying at holiday inn Express in Tuscon az. The hotel is really close to the canyon
This is a great video for me. We've never ever been to the Grand Canyon and we're planning a quick trip while in the area for a conference. We'll have 3 little kids with us so this looks right up our alley!
That is so great to hear! The kids will be amazed. Watch the looks on their faces when they see the canyon for the first time. Have fun! -Chris & Suzannah
Wow, I lived/worked at the Grand Canyon in 1974-75, and you've taught me a new pronunciation of Yavapai.....All I have ever heard it pronounced was like Yava, like Java, and Pai, as in Pie. Not sure where you got your pronunciation, but none of the states newscasters or state officials say it your way! Live from Tucson! (pronounced Too-san.)
Our website has a great map that shows our recommendations. Just click on a frog and it will tell you our recommendations for where to stay, where to go, and where to eat. Here’s the link: hintonthetrail.com/ Let us know if you’re looking for something more.
Thank you so much for this video! We are going up to Sedona next weekend for our 4th visit up there (we live in Tucson) but we have never been to the Grand Canyon. This trip we want to go just for the day to see it since the our whole family will be together. This video was perfect to give us ideas of what to see and do! Even more excited to go now!
Great video!!!!! Thank you for showcasing this amazing national treasure! Hopefully we'll get there in a few years 🤞 Have you ever stayed at the Trailer Village RV park? That's where we were looking to stay when we visit. I love your videos!!
Becky, thank you for watching and commenting. We stayed for two weeks at the Trailer Village back in Nov’ 19 and it was fantastic. We loved being in the park, riding our bikes to the canyon or just walking down to the store or restaurants. Prices have gone up since then but it may be with it. We have a lot more info in this video. -Chris & Suzannah m.th-cam.com/video/JVNgDEMuuWE/w-d-xo.html
We left our RV park in Williams at about 7am (about an hour south of the Grand Canyon) and we were back by around 3pm. So two hours of driving and 6 hours exploring the Grand Canyon. We did some other things that we didn’t film. Enjoy yourselves and safe travels! -Chris & Suzannah
No coffee & preform monkey 🐒 😂.. good tip to get there early! The walking the trail of time with being able to touch things & learn as you go is amazing.. love that type of stuff.. hello elk & deer..can’t wait to explore the Grand Canon ourselves & thanks for showing us the good places to see.. Chasing RV Sunshine ☀️ Joel, Deb & 🐕 Maya
If you can make it happen we highly recommend staying at the Trailer Village RV park in the National Park. Prices have gone up but the access to everything is so worth it. Do a week and take your time. Oh, and Maya will see all all over the campground. Ha ba
@@HintonTheTrail We will put the park right into our Google keeps list! We will have do some research on dog friendly trails.. Maya doesn’t even give deer a second look, so will be neat to see if she notices elk.. 😂
Hi- Not sure if you will reply since this is an older video, but we will be going in 2 weeks. Hopefully it does not snow. How is this itinerary for one full day: Walk to Mather Point from Visitor center. Shuttle to Yavapai point Shuttle to Yaki point Shuttle back to Yavapai point Walk train of time to Verkamp (can we get food here?) Shuttle to Hopi point Shuttle back to Mather point and walk to visitor center Drive to Desert view. Go to hotel for night
Hello, sounds like an awesome day. This is all doable but you’ll need to start as soon as the shuttles start running and manage your time. Yes, there is (or at least used to be) dining near Verkamp Visitor Center. Even if you don’t make all these stops any of them are going to give you amazing views. Worst case…you saw the Grand Canyon!!! It’s a very humbling and beautiful place, enjoy yourselves. Also, find a place to watch the sunset if you can.
We visited in November and we’re there for two weeks in the RV park and it was awesome. Less people and great weather until we got snow. Ha ha. Even that was beautiful though. The summer was really hot and very busy. If we go back I think we’d do late September.
Great views; great suggestions...but any trip so affected by the pandemic ought to be re-done to be applicable to normal conditions eg in 2024. I made notes, but I consider them incomplete.
If we could go back to the Grand Canyon today we’d do it. And we’d film it all. Ha ha. We have a video, shot in 2019, when we stayed for 2 weeks. Here’s the link m.th-cam.com/video/JVNgDEMuuWE/w-d-xo.html&pp=ygUdR3JhbmQgY2FueW9uIGhpbnRvbiB0aGUgdHJhaWw%3D Again, we would love to go back and make a new one though.
To everyone who is reading this, you’re beautiful and an amazing person. Please exercise frequently and eat more fruits/veggies. I wish you all good health, great success, and everlasting happiness!!!!!!!
Though I've been to the Canyon over thirty times, I very much enjoyed your video. I'd just like to add a little help with pronounciation: Yavapai is pronounced "YAH vah pie" and Hopi is" HO pee." Any FYI, if you continue up the trail past the village, you cross a few billion more years of geologic information and you can also get to one of the most overlooked views--the Trailview where you walk down a series of stairs and get to see an overhead view of a large section of Bright Angel Trail.
Thank you so much! We definitely struggle with pronunciation so we appreciate the help. Especially me (Chris). We did that overlook in 2019 and it’s so beautiful. One day we’d like to actually hike down. Have you done that?
Thank you for the input. We're always working to improve our videos so we'll take that in to account. If you've seen some of our other videos we'd be curious to hear what you think of the sound in them as well. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. -Chris & Suzannah
We’d been there before for two weeks. We created this video because some people only have one day in the area and we wanted them to get the most out of it. Better one day than none at all.
Awesome video. Took your advice during our trip to the Grand Canyon and it was a perfect trip. We’ll be looking to you for advice for our next vacation!
That’s really great to hear!! The Grand Canyon is one of those places you can’t really go wrong in. But it’s also a place where you can get stuck in one place. Once you walk to the edge there’s a part of you that just wants to stop and stare out and stay. We had to keep reminding each other to keep moving so we could see more spots. 😂
To everyone who is reading this, you’re beautiful and an amazing person. Please exercise frequently and eat more fruits/veggies. I wish you all good health, great success, and everlasting happiness!!!!
Thank you so much. This video is super helpful. Our family will go there for the first time, and really excited after seeing your video.
That’s great to hear. We love the Grand Canyon and hope your family enjoys it too!
Thank you so much for your video. We are heading there tomorrow and so excited.
You’re welcome. We hope you live the Grand Canyon as much as we do.
Just returned from the Grand Canyon and now I want to go back! Well done! Thank you for sharing your experience!
That’s great to hear. It’s a place that we think about going back to all the time.
Great video of family spending the day together. We are planning a similar trip. Thank you.
Thank you. Hope it helped you make some plans.
We love the Grand Canyon. Great video.
We had to do it since we were nearby. Always a great place! Thank you.
Thanks for the video. It's very helpful 😊
You’re welcome. Hope you enjoy the Grand Canyon as much as we do. We spent two weeks there about a year prior this video. We were nearby and even though we’d already been, and only had one day, we had to go back.
thanks it really help :D
That’s great to hear! Thank you for the feedback.
Awesome video ,great info ,going in April 2022 for 1 st time , can't wait for the cool views . Hope ya keep up the videos . see you on the next one .
You’re going to love it. There’s nothing like stepping to the edge and looking down for the first time. The feeling is indescribable. Have fun and safe travels!! -Chris & Suzannah
Great video - Thank you!
We will be spending a day at the South rim at end of October as part of our 14,000km "Road Trip" - it is a celebration of my wifes retirement!
Really looking forward to this, at this point it will be part of our Route 66 drive portion, and it will serve as a scouting trip for future trips so we can stay in some areas longer to explore!
We've thrown in an extra twist and doing it in our electric car!
Thanks again for the video and insights.
Travel safe.
Mike & Ally
Well congratulations Ally on your retirement! We have a few other videos from along Route 66 with some amazing locations like El Malpais National Monument and Petrified National Park.
Have fun and enjoy your retirement!!
love the video of a real family. none of that fluff just a real family..
Thank you so much. We definitely aren’t big like some of the fluffy channels but we wouldn’t do this if we weren’t able to just be us. It’s great to hear someone appreciate it. -Chris & Suzannah
Nice video. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment.
Thanks for the video heading there in September!
You’re welcome, we hope you enjoy it as much as we did. How long are you staying?
@@HintonTheTrail 3/4 days
@@johnnyallan3640 Nice! You're going at a great time, the weather should be cooling down. Have fun and safe travels!
Thanks so much for this!!! My family and I are going to the Canyon for the first time ever this weekend and I added all of these stops to our list! So excited to go! Thanks so much again for all your tips!
You’re so welcome! We love helping other people travel so it’s awesome to hear this!!! Have fun and make sure you give yourself enough time to just stand at the edge and say “WOW”!!
Great video, amazing. Hopefully I will there one day..Thanks for your sharing this video..I like that view so much...
Thank you!! So glad you enjoyed it. -Chris & Suzannah
I plan on going to see the canyon 2022 in March. I'll be staying in Flagstaff, AZ and visiting the canyon the 2 full days I'll be in town. Great video guys. It has giving me some things to look forward to when I make my visit.
Great to hear, glad we could help. You can’t go wrong at the Grand Canyon!! Have fun!
@@HintonTheTrail hey guys and gals. I did the million years walk today 3-15-2022.
Thank you two for the tip.
@@broinsocali That's fantastic! Thank you for getting back to us and letting us know. What did you think when you stood at the Grand Canyon for the first time?
@@HintonTheTrail my first thought was. Oh my God! Breathe taking. Well worth the trip.
I'm way late for this video but I totally laughed about the Minecraft comment. As a homeschooling mom my kids have done that. I get so excited thinking I taught them something and then they say oh I learned it from this game or that TH-cam 🤣🤣
It’s amazing what they learn isn’t it?!
Thank you so much for your video! We will be going for one day in April 2022 and your tips are fantastic!
You’re so welcome! We’re glad we could help. We hope you have a fantastic experience. It’s a very cool place. -Chris & Suzannah
We did a day trip from Vegas and it wasa lot of fun. We stopped at Lava River Cave and Hoover damn from Las Vegas. Keep up the good work!
Very cool. It’s a neat place and a good way to get away from the city for a few hours. Thank you for sharing!
Chris and Suzannah, a great video about what you can do in one day at the Grand Canyon. I personally like visiting in the winter. Thank you for sharing.
The winter is a great time to visit. Hope all is well. Thank you for the support.
@@HintonTheTrail all is well. Shelley and I just returned two weeks of RV life and photography. We’ll be catching up on videos for the next month😉. We hope that all is going well for your family. Peace and Safe Travels.
@@CraigNiesenPhotography Very nice. Hope you found some beautiful locations to relax and take more great photos. We're doing well, still heading West. Leaving Wyoming today and wishing we were staying longer.
@@HintonTheTrail, we were in eastern Wyoming last weekend. Safe Travels.
A lot of amazing spots you showcased , I think that million mile trail was awesome and the dad joke was on point and timed perfect! So many great spots there ! Great video !
Thank you so much!! Dad jokes make the day so much better (or so Chris thinks). Is it possible to find a bad spot at the Grand Canyon? Ha ha. What is your favorite spot? -Chris & Suzannah
Thank you for sharing, I just returned from the grand canyon. I also had one day. I will be back. Using your guide. I suggest staying at holiday inn Express in Tuscon az. The hotel is really close to the canyon
That’s great to hear. The Grand Canyon is one place that keeps calling us back too! Thank you for the recommendation as well! -Chris & Suzannah
So beautiful!
It’s hard not to find something spectacular here.
This is a great video for me.
We've never ever been to the Grand Canyon and we're planning a quick trip while in the area for a conference. We'll have 3 little kids with us so this looks right up our alley!
That is so great to hear! The kids will be amazed. Watch the looks on their faces when they see the canyon for the first time. Have fun! -Chris & Suzannah
Wow, I lived/worked at the Grand Canyon in 1974-75, and you've taught me a new pronunciation of Yavapai.....All I have ever heard it pronounced was like Yava, like Java, and Pai, as in Pie. Not sure where you got your pronunciation, but none of the states newscasters or state officials say it your way! Live from Tucson! (pronounced Too-san.)
We don’t always pronounce things correctly but we always have fun trying to
Hello, the last time we were there in May; the park ranger said it was unusually cold for that time of the year.
PS, I like the name of your channel.
We’ve been there in warm and very cold.l weather. There’s no bad time to see it!! Hope you enjoyed your trip. Thank you for the compliment!
Loved your video!! Where would you suggest first time visiting Grand Canyon/Sedona?
Our website has a great map that shows our recommendations. Just click on a frog and it will tell you our recommendations for where to stay, where to go, and where to eat. Here’s the link:
hintonthetrail.com/
Let us know if you’re looking for something more.
Thank you so much for this video! We are going up to Sedona next weekend for our 4th visit up there (we live in Tucson) but we have never been to the Grand Canyon. This trip we want to go just for the day to see it since the our whole family will be together. This video was perfect to give us ideas of what to see and do! Even more excited to go now!
You’re so welcome. We’re happy it helped. The Grand Canyon is truly amazing so we hope you enjoy it as much as we do. Safe travels!! -Chris & Suzannah
Great video!!!!! Thank you for showcasing this amazing national treasure! Hopefully we'll get there in a few years 🤞
Have you ever stayed at the Trailer Village RV park? That's where we were looking to stay when we visit.
I love your videos!!
Becky, thank you for watching and commenting. We stayed for two weeks at the Trailer Village back in Nov’ 19 and it was fantastic. We loved being in the park, riding our bikes to the canyon or just walking down to the store or restaurants. Prices have gone up since then but it may be with it. We have a lot more info in this video. -Chris & Suzannah
m.th-cam.com/video/JVNgDEMuuWE/w-d-xo.html
was at the watch tower last month. The tower was still closed, but the gift shop in the base was open. Go figure lol
Strange right?! It’s really too bad they don’t open the tower, just limit the Humber of people. It’s a beautiful space and the views are amazing.
How long did this day trip take? We are headed there next week and this looks perfect for us.
We left our RV park in Williams at about 7am (about an hour south of the Grand Canyon) and we were back by around 3pm. So two hours of driving and 6 hours exploring the Grand Canyon. We did some other things that we didn’t film.
Enjoy yourselves and safe travels! -Chris & Suzannah
@@HintonTheTrail Thank you!
No coffee & preform monkey 🐒 😂.. good tip to get there early! The walking the trail of time with being able to touch things & learn as you go is amazing.. love that type of stuff.. hello elk & deer..can’t wait to explore the Grand Canon ourselves & thanks for showing us the good places to see.. Chasing RV Sunshine ☀️ Joel, Deb & 🐕 Maya
If you can make it happen we highly recommend staying at the Trailer Village RV park in the National Park. Prices have gone up but the access to everything is so worth it. Do a week and take your time. Oh, and Maya will see all all over the campground. Ha ba
@@HintonTheTrail We will put the park right into our Google keeps list! We will have do some research on dog friendly trails.. Maya doesn’t even give deer a second look, so will be neat to see if she notices elk.. 😂
Hi- Not sure if you will reply since this is an older video, but we will be going in 2 weeks. Hopefully it does not snow.
How is this itinerary for one full day:
Walk to Mather Point from Visitor center.
Shuttle to Yavapai point
Shuttle to Yaki point
Shuttle back to Yavapai point
Walk train of time to Verkamp (can we get food here?)
Shuttle to Hopi point
Shuttle back to Mather point and walk to visitor center
Drive to Desert view.
Go to hotel for night
Hello, sounds like an awesome day. This is all doable but you’ll need to start as soon as the shuttles start running and manage your time.
Yes, there is (or at least used to be) dining near Verkamp Visitor Center.
Even if you don’t make all these stops any of them are going to give you amazing views. Worst case…you saw the Grand Canyon!!! It’s a very humbling and beautiful place, enjoy yourselves. Also, find a place to watch the sunset if you can.
Hi , what is the best time to Visite the Grand Canyon Winter or early Summer ?
We visited in November and we’re there for two weeks in the RV park and it was awesome. Less people and great weather until we got snow. Ha ha. Even that was beautiful though. The summer was really hot and very busy. If we go back I think we’d do late September.
Great views; great suggestions...but any trip so affected by the pandemic ought to be re-done to be applicable to normal conditions eg in 2024. I made notes, but I consider them incomplete.
If we could go back to the Grand Canyon today we’d do it. And we’d film it all. Ha ha.
We have a video, shot in 2019, when we stayed for 2 weeks. Here’s the link
m.th-cam.com/video/JVNgDEMuuWE/w-d-xo.html&pp=ygUdR3JhbmQgY2FueW9uIGhpbnRvbiB0aGUgdHJhaWw%3D
Again, we would love to go back and make a new one though.
To everyone who is reading this, you’re beautiful and an amazing person. Please exercise frequently and eat more fruits/veggies. I wish you all good health, great success, and everlasting happiness!!!!!!!
Don’t forget to watch plenty of Hinton the Trail!!
You guys are over doing it with a reminder’s
Thanks for the input.
Though I've been to the Canyon over thirty times, I very much enjoyed your video. I'd just like to add a little help with pronounciation: Yavapai is pronounced "YAH vah pie" and Hopi is" HO pee." Any FYI, if you continue up the trail past the village, you cross a few billion more years of geologic information and you can also get to one of the most overlooked views--the Trailview where you walk down a series of stairs and get to see an overhead view of a large section of Bright Angel Trail.
Thank you so much! We definitely struggle with pronunciation so we appreciate the help. Especially me (Chris).
We did that overlook in 2019 and it’s so beautiful. One day we’d like to actually hike down. Have you done that?
Sound quality is very bad... sometimes it’s so low and sometimes so high... liked the entry drive part.
Thank you for the input. We're always working to improve our videos so we'll take that in to account. If you've seen some of our other videos we'd be curious to hear what you think of the sound in them as well. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. -Chris & Suzannah
1 day? you missed the whole experience
We’d been there before for two weeks. We created this video because some people only have one day in the area and we wanted them to get the most out of it. Better one day than none at all.