We broke camp by 10.00 and headed south toward Sonora and Slide Rock State Park. There was one section of switchbacks that one of the sites warned against taking RV's greater than 30' on, but the road sign said 50' and after going down, I'd maybe advise caution with the 45' class A, but we, being from Tahoe, did not think it especially difficult.
Slide Rock was a homestead turned state park. Stephanie and the children tried out the water slide in the river (smooth rock in the stream bed). Tyler reported it to be very cold.
After enjoying the park, and Paul enjoying a meeting since climbing in the river was out, we headed into Sonora for dinner and found a nice cantina, 86 Cantina, where we had a nice Mexican style meal with the best churros that I have had in years. Warm and not stale. (Churros seem to have a shelf life that makes French baguettes seem long lasting.)
Alas, by the time we had dinner it was getting dark, so while we did get to see that Sonora is a very cute (and touristy at a level higher than Incline) town, we missed most of the really scenic parts just south as it had gotten rather dark.
I had managed at the last minute to find a camping spot in Williams, which was about as far as we thought we could get towards the Grand Canyon, so we headed for that. I had called every single place anywhere near the park and they were either full or not answering the phone, but Canyon Railway Hotel and RV park finally called back. When we got there, we discovered that this was the head of the rail way that goes into the park. It was also about 100 meters from a high volume Sante Fe RR track, and 300 meters from a crossing. Which meant lots of train whistles and trains roaring roughly on the hour all night.
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