Grand (Windy) Canyon!

Hello everyone!

 

We’ve been out of internet range for a bit, so I’ll catch you up. We got 4 new tires for the back of the RV and the ghetto-fridge-wiring is holding up great. We made it to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon on Saturday where we found a nice campsite in the Kaibab National Forest. (You can camp for free there, as long as you don’t leave any trace.)

 

Wow, there was still snow on the ground! It was beautiful – the snow was melting and there were bright blue lakes of water in amazing emerald green meadows. We saw lots of deer, a turkey, ducks and some other birds.

 

Sunday morning we got up and saw a new view of the Canyon that we never saw before. It was 20 miles or so from the more visited north rim area and it was really beautiful. From the ridge where was were, you could see a more eastern part of the Grand Canyon off in the distance. It was almost like a painting or backdrop. You can imagine what the first explorers might have thought – “What the heck is that giant gaping crack over there? Is that for real?!? It’s huge!!!.

 

From there, we went on to the Traditional North Rim Lodge and hiking area. It was gorgeous. You can walk out on a narrow path to a crag that overlooks the canyon. There are thousand+ foot drops on 3 sides when you finally get to the viewing area and drops on two sides for probably ¼ mile or so of the hike. Wow it was sure windy though!! The forecast was for a windy day and hanging out on the side of cliff that overlooks the biggest canyon in the world can sure amplify even that wind!! We were holding onto kids and rails to keep from going airborne like Dorthy & Toto!