In November 2001 we went to the Grand Canyon Village on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. This is about 2 hours drive north of Flagstaff which is on one of the main Amtrak cross-country routes. Anyway, while the view of the canyon is absolutely stunning from the rim, we would strongly recommend that you actually get down into it, and hike right to the bottom, to the Colorado River. It's a mind-blowing trek down into another world, through several climatic, floral and geolog....