OUR NEXT ADVENTURE
  • Home
  • Blog
  • RV Parks we have visited
  • Map of our travels
    • About >
      • Contact
  • Statistics
the Honeymoon continues...

Our Blog of our activities as we travel...

Wednesday heading out to the Rim.

4/26/2023

0 Comments

 
Our last day in the Grand Canyon. It was a cold night, 46 degrees. Near the Colorado river the night temps were around 58.  We are up at 5am with the sun already brightening the tops of the canyon.
I got coffee started and gave a cup to Shawna.  Then more boiling water for the breakfast.  Last of the freeze-dried food that we will eat on the hike. YEA!  This morning it is Biscuits and Gravy with Sausage.
As we are packing up camp, a deer walks right by our campsite.  Big ravens and squirrels are checking all the empty campsites.
For the last climb out it is only 4.5 miles but it is 3000 ft of elevation change. Our packs are the lightest they have been on the whole trip. We only carry 2 liters of water each. ​
We have mules pass a couple of times on the trail.  Rangers taking pack mules down with supplies for the Ranger Stations.  Then trainees with two Havasupai trainers on mules headed down and then back up.  They are learning how to guide the mules.
​It takes us 7 hours. We take long breaks and talk to many people along the way.  Lots and lots of day hikers who were very curious about our big packs.  When we told them we had just spent 7 days in the canyon, they were flabbergasted.  OK, maybe just really surprised.
We started at 8:15am, arrived at top of rim at 3:15pm.  Exhausted but I really wanted Ice Cream.
We got more water at the water fill station. Walked to Bright Angel Lodge to see if they had any cancellations.
I walked up and asked the person at the desk if there were any rooms available.  I told her what we had just done and that we enjoyed staying at Phantom Ranch for two nights.  She looked surprised but after checking, her face changed and she said one was available. At first, she may not have believed me.  When she told me that the room was normally $325 a night and at Thunderbird Lodge with canyon view picture windows.  As soon as she said she could give it to me for $250, I said DONE and handed her the credit card.

The view from our room was great!  The entire wall was a picture window.
It was a very short walk to the room and then I took the bus shuttle over to the BackCountry parking lot to get the truck.
We got showers, talked with family, and celebrated by having a really nice dinner at Yavapai Tavern.  My Elk burger was fantastic.
Time for a good nights rest with all the niceties of modern society. Tomorrow more exploring as tourists.
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    We are a couple who have started on a new adventure...

    Archives

    March 2025
    January 2025
    December 2024
    October 2024
    September 2024
    August 2024
    July 2024
    June 2024
    April 2024
    March 2024
    February 2024
    January 2024
    December 2023
    November 2023
    October 2023
    September 2023
    August 2023
    July 2023
    June 2023
    May 2023
    April 2023
    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly
  • Home
  • Blog
  • RV Parks we have visited
  • Map of our travels
    • About >
      • Contact
  • Statistics