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HAPPINESS is to have EVERYTHING
you NEED,
NOT the NEED to have EVERYTHING
This month’s Travel Plans:
March 22nd Las Vegas at Las Vegas TT Campground for 14 nights
April 5th St. George, Utah (119m) x13 nights (119m)
April 19th Kanab, UT at Crazy Horse RVP (80m)x7 nights (80m)
April 26th Salina, UT at RPI RVP(163m) x7 nights (163m)
May 2nd Moab, UT at KOA Campground (159m)x4 nights (159m)
May 6th Heber, UT Mountain Valley RVR (2 overnights) x7n 234m
May 16th Bend, OR TT (Overnights and stays TBD) (654m)(x7n)
June 5th Whaler’s Rest in Newport, OR.
June 26th leave Whaler’s Rest
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3.18.2019 Day 1 -The Blue Route Grand Canyon
Bright Angel… revisiting the East Rim of the Grand Canyon
Our site is located in the Bright Angel area. This is where we visited almost eight years ago with Abby. Yup, that’s us. Sitting on a wall with an 1800 foot drop behind us. But it made for a good picture.I won’t go into detail but I’ll let you imagine what we might be expecting at this elevation!
In the picture above are the San Francisco Peaks. At this point there still about twenty miles from us. Yea, the answer to the question posed above: snow, sleet and cold temps.
This is our campground and a herd of dear just came over to visit. DO NOT FEED THE WILDLIFE, is what all the signs are telling us. At Cottonwood, just the opposite was true. They even provided the food. We’ll be visiting the Kolb studio shortly. It’s a story of two early 1900’s photographers that made a reputation for themselves as daredevil photographers.
This is what we came here to see. Below of course is us again.
And, of course, the happy couple
Once again, it’s what we came here to see!
No I don’t know this young girl, but she’s sitting on the edge of an 1800 foot cliff to the bottom for the canyon, I just don’t understand her thinking.
The Kolb museum and gift store.
On the outside deck of the Kolb station.
Looking back on to the Bright Angel Inn and restaurant.
More awesome views. Below is a view of a natural bridge on the mountain path to the canyon bottom. Carla, Abby and I walked this path about nine years ago. We passed on it this time.
Above is a canoe of that period of time in a glass case and the blocks you see is a primitive life jacket made from chunks of cork.
Walking to the transfer Station. This is where you get off the our bus and board a GC city bus to your location.
The transfer station. It took us over 30 minutes before we caught a ride.
Got a chance to meet Sue and Mark on our ride back to the campground.
3.19.2019 Day 2 -Red Tour-Grand Canyon-West Rim
Carla kills the fireplace blower.
The chart above show us the designated viewing locations that the bus will stop at. One bus will drop off and 15 minutes later another bus will do a pick up and go to the next stop. View from our first stop below.
As you know there are two tours currently a tour being offered; The East Rim and the West Rim. There’s also to the North Rim, but the North rim is closed until May. The bus stops at certain designated areas, viewing spots, and another bus comes by every fifteen minutes for visitors to board and go to the next viewing spot. Below you see the view from this location. n the center of the picture s the Colorado River (brown water).
Now we go wait for the next bus. There is an option, you could walk to each of these stops but were to old for such a diversion. The person in the picture below is much younger and has more years than we do, she’s walking.
Another awesome view from our bus on our way to the next stop. Below, time to leave this venue and wait for another bus.
I think the dude above is looking over the edge saying it’s not that scary. He’s also in the right hand in the outside of the safety rails. A person falls at 200 feet per second which might give him nine seconds to contemplate how stupid it was to lose his footing and start falling.
About the above pictures. Geologists have determined that about three-thousand years ago the picture on the left looked very much like the picture on the right. That damming up of the Colorado river was caused by a slow oozing of lava from the bottom of the canyon. This to can be Googled.
Just a two minute break to rest our feet. This sojourn may not look that taxing, but were both getting a little tired. The more we see the more it all looks the same.
Here’s where we cheated, and you did not even notice. We’re tired! Because of our sudden lack of energy made the decision to skip the last two venues. Instead we opted to proceed to the end of the Red Tour which is Hermit’s Rest. There’s a nice story behind the name but to much for this blog… Google it!
It took a forty-five minute drive to get us from Hermit’s Rest to the transfer station and it will take another twenty minutes to reach our destination; our campground! Enough for today, I need a nap. Below, hole we wait for our city bus another deer or two show up and show off.
Below, finally, our campground. It’s about a ten minute walk from where the city bus drops us off and we made it. Nice to be home again. I think were going to do nothing tomorrow…
3.20.2019 Day 3 Grand Canyon
Rain expected.
3.21.2019 Day 4 GC- Depart for Vegas for 4 nights.
Dump tanks and prepare to leave for Vegas.
“Everything we were, we carry with us. Everything we will be, is calling to us, from the roads not travelled yet." pjgrenier