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Page 23: Getting There and Around, By Bus. Nava-Hopi no longer operates. Instead, contact Open Road Tours for shuttle service and tours to the Grand Canyon's south rim from Flagstaff and Phoenix. Offices are in Flagstaff (1 E. Route 66; 928/226-8060 or 877/226-8060) and Phoenix (602/997-6474 or 800/766-7117); www.openroadtours.com.
Page 27: Arizona Office of Tourism has moved to 1110 W. Washington St., Suite 155, Phoenix, AZ 85007. The local telephone is now 602/364-3700; the 800 and fax numbers stay the same.
Page 41: Grand Canyon National Park Lodges now uses the name Xanterra. There's now a toll-free telephone number, 888/297-2757.
Page: 43: Tusayan Accommodations. Moqui Lodge has closed.
Page 44: The Grand Hotel has a new website, www.grandcanyongrandhotel.com.
Page 45: The Arizona Room at Bright Angel Lodge now serves lunch March to October.
Page 45: Tusayan Food. Moqui Lodge has closed.
Page 49: Trail Rides. Apache Stables has closed
Page 51: AirStar Airlines no longer flies, but AirStar Helicopters continues to provide tours.
Page 52: Grand Canyon Helicopters (928/638-2764 or 800/541-4537, www.grandcanyonhelicoptersaz.com) has taken over at the former Kenai Helicopters terminal.
Page 52: South Rim Transportation, Bus. Nava-Hopi no longer operates. Instead, contact Open Road Tours for shuttle service and tours to the Grand Canyon's south rim from Flagstaff and Phoenix. Offices are in Flagstaff (1 E. Route 66; 928/226-8060 or 877/226-8060) and Phoenix (602/997-6474 or 800/766-7117); www.openroadtours.com.
Page 57: Kaibab Lodge (928/638-2389, www.kaibablodge.com, mid-May–mid-Oct., $95–150 d) has new ownership and website.
Page 58: Kaibab Plateau Visitor Center may no longer be issuing backcountry permits for the park.
Page 61: Fire Point road inside the park is open to vehicles, but is rough.
Pages 61-62: No camping is allowed with a half mile of East Rim and Marble Viewpoints.
Page 84: Hatch River Expeditions now has a website, www.hatchriverexpeditions.com.
Page 84: High Desert Adventures no longer runs the Grand Canyon.
Page 97: Endangered Fish of the Colorado River. The last word of the Colorado Pikeminnow paragraph is missing. It should read ...to the front of the eye.
Pages 103-107: Visiting the Hualapai Indian Reservation. The new website www.grandcanyonresort.com provides lodge and recreation information.
Page 119: Moqui Cave, six miles north of Kanab on US 89, now has a website www.moquicave.com.
Page 120: Several Kanab restaurants have closed—Parry's Lodge (now breakfast only), Wildflower Cafe & Natural Foods, Chef's Palace Restaurant, and Fernando's Hideaway.
Pages 124-125: Restaurants are now non-smoking at Cliff Dweller's Lodge, Lees Ferry Lodge, and Marble Canyon Lodge!
Pages 130-131: At the end of the Buckskin Gulch section, the California condor information panels and observer are no longer present, but you can see the white stains left by the birds on the cliffs above.
Page 140: Grand Circle Adventures now has a website www.antelopeslotcanyontours.com.
Page 140: Lake Powell Jeep Tours is now Antelope Canyon Adventures.
Page 141: R&S Pickup & Delivery no longer operates.
Page 165: Kayenta Visitor Center is no longer in operation.
Pages 165-166: Monument Valley Tribal Park has a new telephone number, 435/727-5874. Hikers can now do a self-guided Wildcat Trail, a 3.2-mile loop around the West Mitten. It's the only hike in the park that you can do without a guide. The trail—foot travel only—begins from the picnic area 0.4 mile north of the visitor center, then drops down from the rim. Cairns and a few signs mark the way. It's open the same hours as Monument Valley Drive.
Page 175: The Navajo Council House (928/871-6417) in Window Rock is open for visitors 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
Page 175: Navajo Museum, Library, and Visitor Center. The new website www.discovernavajo.com offers tourist information.
Page 175: Navajo Nation Fair info is at 928/871-6647 and www.navajonationfair.com.
Page 186: Hopi Cultural Center has a new website www.hopiculturalcenter.com.
Pages 198-199: Pioneer Museum now has a modest admission of $3 adult, $2 youth 12-18 and seniors 60+.
Page 199: Art Barn is now open about 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Wed.-Sun.
Page 203: NAU Downtown office has closed.
Pages 206-207: Four bed and breakfast places have closed: Dierker House, The Tree House, Lynn's Inn, and Lake Mary.
Page 209: The restaurant Down Under has closed.
Page 209: Flagstaff Food (Downtown, north of the tracks). A new Mexican restaurant, Las Mananitas at 103 W. Birch and Beaver St., tel. 928/226-7144, offers Mexican dining Mon.-Sat. for lunch and dinner.
Page 210: The restaurant Aladdin's has closed.
Page 211: The restaurant Jalapeno Lou's has closed.
Page 212: The restaurant Asian Gourmet has closed.
Page 213: McGaugh's Newsstand has closed. Mountain Sports has moved to this location.
Page 214: Mountain Sports has moved to a new location downtown at 24 N. San Francisco St.
Page 214: Photo Outfitter has closed.
Page 214: Flagstaff Visitor Center has a new website www.flagstaffarizona.org and e-mail cvb@ci.flagstaff.az.us.
Page 214: Flagstaff Central is a new community information website at www.flagstaffcentral.com.
Pages 214-215: The Coconino National Forest's Supervisor's Office (1824 S. Thompson St., Flagstaff, AZ 86001, 928/527-3600, 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri.) has moved to the west side of town; turn south on Thompson from W. Route 66 opposite the Maverik gas station.
Pages 215-216: Flagstaff Tours and Transportation. A new company, Open Road Tours, provides shuttle service to the Grand Canyon's south rim and to Phoenix's Sky Harbor Airport. Offices are in Flagstaff (1 E. Route 66; 928/226-8060 or 877/226-8060) and Phoenix (602/997-6474 or 800/766-7117). You can also join tours to the Grand Canyon, Sedona, Petrified Forest Natl. Park, and Monument Valley. On the Web, surf to www.openroadtours.com.
Pages 226-227: William's Visitor Information Center has a new website www.williamschamber.com.
Page 227: Williams Ranger District has a new telephone 928/636-5600.
Page 227: Canyon Dreams has closed.
Page 235: Flagstaff Motels (South and West of Downtown). Econo Lodge West is now a Comfort Inn.
Pages 239-247: Additional Suggested Reading
Description and Travel
Jackson, Marie D. Stone Landmarks; Flagstaff's Geology and Historic Building Stones. Piedra Azul Press. With this well-illustrated guide, you'll learn about the area's fascinating geology, fossils, and human history on a walking tour of downtown Flagstaff and visits to nearby attractions.
Description and Travel
Jensen, Jamie. Road Trip USA: California and the Southwest. Avalon Travel Publishing. The author of Road Trip USA has focused on Arizona and adjacent states. Maps and illustrations, many in color, accompany the highway tour descriptions. You'll also find Road Trip USA online at www.travelmatters.com.
Hiking and Bicycling
Lucchitta, Ivo. Hiking Arizona's Geology. The Mountaineers Books. On any of the 41 hikes described here, you'll experience not only the fine scenery, but also how it all came to be. The introduction and illustrations clearly explain geologic terms and Arizona's rocks.
History
Leavengood, Betty. Grand Canyon Women: Lives Shaped by Landscape. Pruett Publishing. Fascinating accounts of a prospector's wife, an architect, river runners, mule wranglers, rangers, and explorers.
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