Last night, I found out that the North Rim of the Grand Canyon was definitely closed, although I had been assured by AAA that it was open until the end of October. We regrouped and decided that we would go to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon – October is a great time to go – we were able to get a room on short notice and a dinner reservation with no problems at the famous El Tovar restaurant when I called this AM.
Amy and I stopped at Bryce Canyon National Park this morning --fantastic! Absolutely beautiful and not far off of our route. We walked around, definitely noticing the altitude difference at 8000 ft.
From there we drove through a beautiful but desolate area. Our afternoon stop was at Glen Canyon dam – quite a project, with lots of information for visitors, built from 1956 to 1964. We then drove through the Navajo reservation The Navajo reservation was very, very poor from our observations by the side of the road.
We arrived at the Grand Canyon just before sunset with a full moon rising. Gorgeous!
Trivia: the Grand Canyon hotel has upgraded TV services. In 2002, only option was the Sundance Channel and not be able to watch the Academy awards. In 2007, the TV offers a full complement of channels, equivalent to DC.
Many visitors here from all over the world are here at the Grand Canyon, especially from Europe and Aulstralia.
Dinner was great. We are looking forward to tomorrow!
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