Grand Canyon (North Rim 6/20 – 6/21)

We’re at the North Rim; still out of touch with the world – no internet, no phone service. We’re also going to change the schedule. I have said before that the adventure doesn’t start till things start going wrong! We need front brake pads and new coach batteries. In both cases they’re original and it’s been 3 ¼ years of hard traveling. People who know batteries have said that if you get two years out of the originals you’re doing well, so I don’t feel badly about the expense – just the timing. It should happen at home, not on the road! We’re going to St. George, UT when we leave here; blowing the Zion, Bryce and Dead Horse reservations. We should be able to get both done in St. George, then hit Zion and get to Montrose, CO by Friday – then we’re back on schedule and only miss a couple or three parks.

These are Cliffrose and Mexican Locust. Cliffrose is an evergreen member of the rose family.

The North Rim is different from the South in a number of ways: the South is a string of many viewing points stretched along a 25 mile drive. The North is just a few viewing points and they’re from 6 to 21 miles apart. But I think the views in the North are more spectacular than the South

This is Angel’s Window – a hole in an abutment with views of the Colorado River through it

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,And finally, another view of the CO River and a beautiful blooming cactus.

Now in St. George, Utah where it's 98 in the shade and there ain't no shade. Getting new coach batteries and front brake pads tomorrow.