Day 4 & 5 "Camping at the Canyon"

We missed the sunrise hike. I have to admit, I was not sad about it. I'll take a good sunset over sunrise, 10 out of 10. We made our first real breakfast on the road, pancakes and eggs and headed out for a hike around the rim. Before this trip, if you had told me to close my eyes and imagine The Grand Canyon, I would have imagined Clark Griswold staring impatiently at it. I guess 80s movies made a big impression on me. Clark should have nixed Wally World and stayed put. The Grand Canyon is incredible. It's one of those views which is so vast it defies logic. 

We stayed at Trailer Village RV park, thanks to my wife. She's the planner and as soon as we hit the road, she was on the phone checking for cancellations. The RV site was fun, we met some very nice people, but sadly only a few people knew what Doge is. There seem to be a lot of older retired people in RV parks. The mule deer at Grand Canyon are every where and lumber like cows. 

We hiked the Rim a few times, took buses to lookout points. There was an empty amphitheater and our family took some time to get on stage and clown around. All meals were in the RV. I don't know if it was the time of year or Covid, but there were very few people at the park. Fine by me. 

The highlight of the two days was watching the sun set at The Watchtower with my family. If you go to South Rim, do not miss going to this place. Next we are taking the Dogebago to Las Vegas.

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