We decided to hike the Rim Trail this morning since there were many areas of it we had not seen before. We are glad we did. We started at Kachina Lodge where we are staying and followed the rim to Mather Point. The trial had numerous locations that provided great views of the canyon. We stopped in at the Visitor’s Center and purchased a couple of books on the Grand Canyon. The author of one of the books was there and signed our book. We then took the shuttle bus back to our room. After lunch, we decided to try out the bikes. We took Hermit Road (which is closed to car traffic) to Hopi Point the highest outlook on this road. We stopped at all the outlooks along the way. Each provided a different view of the canyon. We could clearly see Bright Angel Trial a portion of which we had hiked yesterday. We could also see Phantom Ranch and the bridge leading to it with the binoculars. We then rode to the grocery store for a few items before returning to the room. In all it was a very full day of hiking and biking. The weather was beautiful with sunny cloudless skies and temperatures in the upper 60’s. We are happy that our last day at the Grand Canyon was so wonderful.Tomorrow we will be up and gone early for Sonoma.
Pictures can be seen at: https://picasaweb.google.com/tschick62/GrandCanyonDay202?authkey=Gv1sRgCMjj6dChhMCLGw#
More later . . .
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