Detroit to Grand Canyon and then Sedona.

2gypsies wrote:
If you're leaving in January I'd highly suggest you reverse the trip. Head straight south to I-10 and Louisiana and head west to Arizona and then return to Canada. Winter is not the time to travel and sitesee any further north than I-10. The Canyon has already had a lot of snow.

For Grand Canyon definitely stay IN the park at Trailer Village. You'll be within walking distance to the Rim and the free shuttle will pick you up right outside the campground. You can ride and get on and off wherever you want.

For Sedona we love to stay at Dead Horse Ranch State Park in nearby Cottonwood. Very nice sites and lots to do in the area - Jerome, Prescott, the Verde Valley train ride and a short distance into busy Sedona.

If you reverse your plans, after Grand Canyon you can head into Utah and visit the awesome national parks of Zion, Bryce, Capitol Reef, Arches, Canyonlands. You don't want to do those in winter.

Thanks for the detailed info. I'm taking your and other posters suggestion of reversing our trip. We're very flexible in our travels and time allotment. So, we're now thinking about heading directly south to the Ocala Florida area, where I've been several times. My wife has never been there, so it'll be fun showing her the sights I enjoyed before. We can then work our way along the Gulf into Louisiana where we spent some quality time last year. At that point we could work our way west to Sedona which is high on our list of places to visit. Hopefully someone will tell me when spring usually arrives in the Grand Canyon area so we can visit there and I do like your suggestions of where to go after that.