Hangin' at the El Tovar

Suzanne invited me to join her family at their get together at the El Tovar hotel on the south rim of the Grand Canyon. This was a no-brainer on my part...a chance to mingle with a bunch of really nice folks, in one of the most beautiful spots in the world, at a historical landmark hotel that's in such demand you have to make reservations a year in advance. So I went! Fine company, fine accomodations, fine food, and...the canyon, superlative as always. Thanks to all!

The interior of the El Tovar is crafted in fine old wood...much of it Oregon pine that was left in a semi-natural state when incorporated into the hotel, which opened in 1905. There are critters inside and out. This moose is obviously gracing the interior, while at dawn and dusk his relatives, the deer and elk, grazed placidly on the lawns just outside the hotel. Teddy Roosevelt used to hang out here. In fact, we ate in the same private dining room that he frequented. And of course, for a while he represented the Bull Moose party!