After Zion, we loaded into the car and made our way to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. It’s a beautiful drive out of the park and into the pines of the Kaibab. There was snow in the forest – basically a 180 degree shift from where we had spent the previous three days. The campsite was in the pines and had plenty of shade from the Sun – a much more comfortable place to relax than in the heat of Zion. A few hundred yards from our campsite we got our first glimpse of the Canyon from the north side. I was surprised how much different the vegetation is on the North Rim from the South Rim. Lots of pine trees and there was even some snow on the ground left from the winter.
Highlights:
Hiked to bottom of grand canyon
Saw Colorado River
Doug/Apple on the canyon rim
Star party
Trail of tears to the GC lodge
In all, we hiked 50 miles in 4 days, including at least 1.5 vertical miles. It was intense.
The Trail of Tears - a night that will live in infamy. It was like our own personal Pearl Harbor or 9/11 or Grassy Knoll. But like 10 times stupidier.
ReplyDeleteStupidier is french, by the way.
ReplyDeleteIt was my Wounded Knee
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