Grand Canyon

August 28, 2012

We made good progress today, so we decided to go to the Grand Canyon and see how much we could see.  We parked at the GC airport and took a shuttle in to the park.  Once again, Charlie's pass let us ride free and get into the part without paying.

The park offers shuttles to sections that cars are not allowed to travel to, so we opted for that choice.  When we first arrived inside the park, there were rain clouds gathering and thunder in the distance - but what that led to was a beautiful rainbow at the start of our tour, and then at least two more over the canyon itself!

We saw several elk and squirrels - but not many other animals.  The shuttle could let us get off at any of the stops and then we could get back on - which we did in order to get a closer look at the canyon.  The colors were so pretty and with the rain, and the clouds, the lighting was incredible.

By the time we headed back toward the starting point the sun had begun to set so we got to see the sun setting over the canyon, something many people are never able to do.  We felt very lucky to be able to experience it.

Driving back on the bus, we asked them to let us off in town so we could grab a bite to eat.  After eating we took another bus back to the airport. We asked the bus driver if he thought there would be a problem with us just staying in the parking lot overnight and he assured us that he thought it would be okay. So... that is what we did, many of the buses were stored/ parked there overnight so it worked out great.