4am – the alarm went off! It sounded a good idea over dinner to get up and watch the sunrise – but now it was crazy. However, we did get up, and at 4.30am we were on the road. It is about 5 miles from the Hotel to the Grand Canyon. There were no rangers checking for tickets – too early.
We found a spot to watch the sun rise. It was a good spot, although a lot of Japanese tourists arrived at the last moment and tried to push their way in. We got some good photo’s and it was an interesting moment seeing the sun pop over the North Rim. We drove around the outer parts of the Canyon, going to Desert View and taking some more photos. We were out for a bout 4 hours, and Linda saw a Condor bird – so she was happy. We had a coffee at the centre –and sat on the wall and gazed over the Canyon – it was getting warm. We saw several Elk, wandering along the road.
We then came back to the hotel, and went for breakfast – although as it was now 9am it felt like lunch! After this we went to the swimming pool, and Linda swam whilst I read. We had a relaxing day, a slight snooze in the afternoon to catch up on our sleep. We then went back for one last look at the Canyon, it was quite hot – in the early 90’s today.
In the evening, as it was my birthday, we decided to have a meal in the restaurant. On the menu was Elk (not sure if it was the one I saw earlier in the day) – and so I couldn’t resist trying it – it was very nice, a tender red meat. Linda was not amused!
I have uploaded some more photo’s at http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/simon.werrett. The folder is Grand Canyon.
We found a spot to watch the sun rise. It was a good spot, although a lot of Japanese tourists arrived at the last moment and tried to push their way in. We got some good photo’s and it was an interesting moment seeing the sun pop over the North Rim. We drove around the outer parts of the Canyon, going to Desert View and taking some more photos. We were out for a bout 4 hours, and Linda saw a Condor bird – so she was happy. We had a coffee at the centre –and sat on the wall and gazed over the Canyon – it was getting warm. We saw several Elk, wandering along the road.
We then came back to the hotel, and went for breakfast – although as it was now 9am it felt like lunch! After this we went to the swimming pool, and Linda swam whilst I read. We had a relaxing day, a slight snooze in the afternoon to catch up on our sleep. We then went back for one last look at the Canyon, it was quite hot – in the early 90’s today.
In the evening, as it was my birthday, we decided to have a meal in the restaurant. On the menu was Elk (not sure if it was the one I saw earlier in the day) – and so I couldn’t resist trying it – it was very nice, a tender red meat. Linda was not amused!
I have uploaded some more photo’s at http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/simon.werrett. The folder is Grand Canyon.