Grand Canyon -No Room at the Inn

Our dream of hiking to the bottom of the Grand Canyon has once again been foiled by our poor planning or perhaps our refusal to plan.  We weren't too worried about getting a backcountry permit, since apparently there are always lots of cancellations if you can wait around a few days.  And the last time we were here, though the park campsites were full there were plenty of sites in the commercial rv park.  But somehow we managed to arrive on Easter week and when we got to the rv park they told us they only had two sites left and only for one night. 

So we set up camp and then drove into the park for an afternoon of sight seeing, and to try to get a glimpse of a condor.  The park was crazy busy, but we managed to get a parking spot in the last parking lot, and we walked the rim for a few hours, but no luck, condor wise.


Obligatory selfie shot

The sheer masses of people from all over the world was kind of fun for a while, but eventually it wears you down.


Some of the masses, many of them eating ice cream cones, brrrrr

But the canyon itself was as vast and beautiful as ever, especially as the sun dipped lower in the horizon.



It was cold!  Quite a shock after a few warm days in Cottonwood.  We had to run the furnace all night to keep the plumbing from freezing.