The smell of juniper, ponderosa pine and fresh rain lingers in the memories of my childhood summers at the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park in the early 1960s.

To artist Bruce Aiken, who moved his family to the Grand Canyon in the 1970s, the North Rim fire is a devastating loss.

This Arizona town on Route 66 is known as the gateway to the West Rim of the Grand Canyon but also boasts a rich local culture and a unique charm.