This morning we awoke and headed over to the campground bus stop to ride the bus out to the transfer point at the Bright Angel Trailhead. We were practically alone on the bus and when we got off we were treated to a view of three California condors!
California condors! |
We were completely alone when we arrived at Hermit's Rest about 30 minutes later.
Quite a difference from our experience yesterday evening at Mather Point. After a photo at the arch there we got our own private view of the canyon.
Then we headed east on the Rim Trail. We stopped at lots of great overlooks and even caught a few views of the Colorado River thousands of feet below. We also saw some more wildlife in the form of a horned lizard and lots of pinyon jays.
As we headed further east and the day got later, we started to see more people out and about. Still the crowds were much smaller than what we had seen yesterday and the views were impressive.
Pima Point Overlook |
Granite Rapids |
Eric near the Abyss |
Mohave Point Overlook |
Hopi Point Overlook |
Noelle hikes the Rim Trail |
John Wesley Powell |
It was a nice, leisurely 7.8 mile hike!
Later in the day we would head over to the Grand Canyon Pioneer Cemetery to check things out.
The most interesting grave that we found was that of artist Gunnar Widforss.
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