Today was a travel day but quite windy with gusts up to 40mph. We thought about staying an extra day in Page to wait out the winds but it turned out to be fine, with a headwind and not side winds as we drove to the Grand Canyon. This is a view of Marble Canyon.
We entered through the east entrance and were told to check with the campground office regarding the potential government shutdown. Seriously we thought, wouldn’t the campground run by DNC stay open? This gave us a bit of sorry as we drove in!
Desert View is the first viewpoint on the eastern side and what a view it is. From here you can see the Colorado River make a 90 degree turn. The canyon is so vast we can’t even figure out where the hikers go down on the rim to rim trail. The north rim is rugged and beautiful.
We were fortunate to have gotten space in Trailer Village which is actually in the park. Spaces are large and tree lined so it is quite nice. It feels less like a zoo than Zion. There is limited food options but we weren’t planning to eat out anyway so that is fine. The park runs shuttles and 2 main rim trails and viewpoints are on roads closed to cars. We used our evening to figure out our plan for the next few days. I am hoping to get 2 evenings of decent sunsets but am not really interested in getting up for sunrises! Our excitement today was seeing another Alto trailer a few spaces away.
It is night time and we have had thunder and lightning with rains for the past few hours. Hail is coming down and we hope the pellets are small enough, they are not damaging our exterior. What wild weather!