Joe and I still headed out on the rim trail early, hoping
things would clear out. Joe, still
displaying unassailable faith in the desert climate in spite of the
overwhelming weather evidence, left his newly acquired rain coat at in the room…. So when it started drizzling, he decided to
hop on the bus, and see the trail by stopping at the different overviews. I stayed on the trail, where it soon stopped
raining, and the weather started to clear out, and the sun rays started to shine on the Canyon.
What was wonderful is that the early rain kept most of the other tourists
away, so at times, I had the Grand Canyon all to myself! That was well worth dealing with a bit of
rain!
Speaking of tourists:
The Grand Canyon national Park is REALLY crowded – and this is not even
peak season. I can’t imagine how it is
in July or August…. When you’d have to be crazy to come anyway because of the
temperature, but apparently, it still is the peak season…. I can’t
say that it interfered with anything we wanted to do, but it’s just a bit
overwhelming at times… On a related
note, here is the most random request-from-a-tourist/random-act
of-kindness: Joe was stopped by a very
wet German tourist after this afternoon’s thunderstorm. She said:
“Sir, I know this is an odd request, but I got very wet during the
storm, and now I have a 3 hours bus ride to Las Vegas, and my socks are so wet
and cold and uncomfortable. Would you be
willing to give me a pair of clean socks?”
Joe, being the kind-hearted man he is said yes, and gave her a pair of
his socks….
It eventually got clear enough to view the Colorado
river, all the way 1 straight mile down!
And by evening, the sun was finally there, and we could view the entire breadth of the GC, and the sunset! And the lights!!!!
This is me, at sunset, very happy that the weather turned
out so nice!
1 comment:
Good luck and be careful! Years ago- as a teenager, my husband ended up sleeping on the side of the canyon, with no water or food, cause he and his buddy thought they could walk down and up in a single day! They were awakened by the clattering of the donkeys coming down with the tourists astride.
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