Hi all... my wife and I are new to the site.. came across it while trying to plan a roadtrip, our daughter just started college and we are planning to get out of town for a week- we would like to go to the grand canyon as we have never been there; but is it doable in 7 days their and back with lil stops along the way- we dont have a lot of $$$ so if anyone can shed some ideas? we have always traveled east and never been out west .. except for our honyemoon we did go to fort davis and that was a blast - we would both like to see some ghost towns , old mining towns and love to stargaze.. we have heard that the stars are awesome out in the deserts . anyway we plan on leaving on Saturday Sept 4th and have to be back the followinig Saturday - just the two of us - can not decide if best and more scenic to go north then west or just travel west then north - thanks for any input lots of info here on the site but until we get home from work tonight cant really look at everything.. - .. :P