Quote Originally Posted by Midwest Michael View Post
Even before the bypass was completed, it still wasn't a full day drive to the Grand Canyon. It would take longer - often an hour or more longer - but even there it only made it a 6 hour drive. There's also always been the option of going down to Laughlin and then going across - which had been the truck detour for years.

Now 6 hours made it far too long to drive there and back in 1 day and have time to see anything, but thousands of people have done the trip over 2 days.

A drive to the canyon isn't in the current plans, but it is certainly an option with the time the original poster has available for their trip.
Yes, you are correct. If you don't stop for Gas, lunch, restroom break or stretching your legs. If you do that you can tack a hour and half on your time, comes pretty close to 8 hours. Guess I'm getting old. Thought a 8 hour work day was a full day. Do you mean that 12 hours is a full day or 24 hours? Nuff said.