This morning, we drove from the Duck Creek campground to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. It was very exciting to just get to the park entrance, as this is in a way the culmination of our trip. We stopped at the Visitor Center, then took in a couple of quick views, before heading to our campsite which is right in the park. After setting up camp, and cooking a quick dinner over the campfire (something like hobo stew), the kids and Susan went off to a campfire ranger program, while I cleaned up and got things ready for bed. We had a bit of a scare after they got back, as Tyler was allowed to go off to the bathroom on his own, but it’s not so close to our site, and it got dark, and he got lost. We went searching for him, but fortunately we had made sure that he knew our site number, and someone helped him find his way back. Whew!
Right now, I am sitting outsite the general store at the camp site. They have free wifi, and while the store is closed, the wifi is still on. I just had to find a spot with an outlet, so I can recharge the laptop at the same time.
Tomorrow, we will drive to the South Rim, where we have a room or cabin (not sure exactly) at the Lodge there. It will feel good to sleep on a bed again, this being our fourth night camping in a row. There were showers at the first site, which I took advantage of, and there are in fact showers here, but I may wait to get to the lodge.
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Tom has the same problem here at MEDITECH when he goes to the bathroom until some fellow employee helps him find his way back to his desk!
Like father, like son, I guess!
But seriously, I’m glad it turned out OK.
Yes, but at least Tyler only gets lost in the dark.
So glad he was lost for only a short time!
Did you see the glass “bridge”?
We thought we might do the skywalk, but we learned that it’s way on the western end of the canyon, and costs more $$ than we’d have wanted to spend anyway.