We visit the Grand-ish Canyon.

Part two of this epic day took us high up on a mountain for the night. There was a tourist viewpoint across the road from where we parked up which we immediately went to investigate. It was both quite a surprise and quite spectacular. Obscenely high and very frightening for me. I am quite scared of heights so this really set off my vertigo. The view in every direction including downwards was incredible, but I couldn’t fully enjoy it because of my annoying fears. Only Darren ventured to the edge.
We went back to the van for a while to eat our tea. We were parked amongst trees in a wooded area and were visited by quite a few azure-winged magpies. ( I googled them) After I brushed Bliss I left her fur on the ground near the trees, and it wasn’t long before they started collecting it all up, presumably for their nests.

Later on we returned to the viewpoint for the sunset and spent a good hour just watching the sky change colour, as sunsets often are it was beautiful.
Whilst we were waiting we met a couple of dogs with their owner. Nice for Bliss as they were friendly unlike most of the dogs she’s met so far on this trip. It was nice for us to get a bit of a doggy fix too, we do so miss all our 4 pawed friends.
Then suddenly we had a huge Spanish imperial eagle (thanks Google) 🦅 who took quite an interest in us, it kept flying over us and circling around for about half an hour. I think Bliss was on its menu! Apparently they have been known to take on badgers and even bear cubs so I think he was sizing Bliss up for his supper! We had a wonderful view as it was so close. There were also lots of swifts zooming around and again because we were on the edge of a high cliff we got a great view of their acrobatic displays. By the time we went back to the van I was freezing cold so I went straight to my bed and it wasn’t long, after such a full day before I was asleep 😴Read more