Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon is grand indeed. I was last here in 1989 on our family RV trip. I recall driving an hour off the beaten path and pulling into a gravel parking lot with one small building. We hopped out of the RV, walked to the edge of the canyon, got our views and hopped back in the RV to leave. This experience was quite different.

We came in the south rim entrance up from Williams and quickly found our way to the visitor center and gift shop to get the passport stamped. After looking around a bit, we headed back to the van to cook breakfast which was an egg, turkey bacon, avocado and horseradish cheese sandwich. Doug filled our camelbacks and packed the backpacks while I cooked.

We headed to Mather Point overlook to begin our Rim Trail hike to the Yavahai Point Geology Museum, stopping at every point for pictures. A bushy squirrel was begging for food. Doug shared his sunflower seeds and the squirrel ate out of his hand while I stroked her back.

It was an in and out hike and all in all was about 2.5 miles. I tracked it in All Trails. It's not much but it was about all we could handle still recovering. We decided that we'd like to come back to Grand Canyon and do a 3 day, 2 night camping, hiking and river rafting tour.

On the drive out, we saw several elk, one of which had massive antlers.Read more