Sometimes You Just Have to Be Lucky
Monday, June 24, 2019
Five days ago, we were planning our strategy for our visit
to the Grand Canyon. We were pretty sure
our odds of being able to camp anywhere remotely close to the Park were ‘slim
to nil’. All campsites at both the North
Rim and the South Rim are reservable a year in advance. As a ‘lark’, Sue brought up the reservation
website for the North Rim Campground. To
our astonishment, one site was available for 2 nights and the timing worked
beautifully. We suspect that it was a
cancellation. So here we are at the
Grand Canyon North Rim Campground. The
setting is spectacular. Our site is
huge. It sits under large Ponderosa Pine
trees, the largest trees we have saw since probably back in New York
State. Some of the campsites back onto
the canyon. Our campsite is not one of
those…our luck only goes so far!
Without realizing it, I think that I was looking forward to
seeing the Grand Canyon more than anywhere else that we have traveled so
far. I could hardly wait to set up the
tent trailer so that we could go catch a glimpse of the canyon. I am sure that it went up in record time. We were then able to take a short hike out to
a point to get our first glimpse of the canyon.
It is spectacular!!! Tomorrow, I
am sure, we will get an even better sense of its magnitude.
Distance Traveled = 277 km.
Wildlife Sightings = Stellar Jay, Turkey Vulture (soaring over the
canyon just waiting for some stupid tourist to take a swan dive into the
canyon), Raven (apparently they are the biggest menace in the campground just
like our raccoons are at home), Black-throated Gray Warbler, Yellow-rumped
Warbler (Audubon version).
Our first glimpse into the Grand Canyon
Looking out into the canyon from Bright Angel Point
Driving into northern Arizona....hard to believe this is just north of the Grand Canyon!
Bison grazing near the north rim of the canyon
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