Day 23, October 1, 2021

I’m going to let the images tell more than words in this blog. We spent the day exploring the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, driving the Desert View road 25 miles out to that end of the canyon, stopping at many of the overlooks, and ending at the iconic watchtower. We then took one of the park’s shuttle buses in the opposite direction to Hermit’s Rest.

The canyon goes on forever — it’s 277 miles long, about a mile deep, close to 10 miles across and the overall size is about the size of Delaware.

Our day began just outside our Roadtrek motorhome. Some young bull elk were following a few cows through the roads of the campground and when a larger bull began bugling, the younger ones scattered, but not before locking their antlers right by the Roadtrek. One of the other campers had gouges in its side panels from elk antlers. It was an amazing show from the rut season.

It was a perfect day weather-wise with temperatures in the low 60s and much less haze and smoke from the California wildfires.

We saw some large turkey vultures, but unfortunately, no condors.

But, of course, there were plenty of ravens.

We stayed on the South Rim until the sun set, walking back to the Roadtrek in the dark along the rim.

A few other images from today’s many explorations:

Tomorrow we’re taking a three-hour mile ride into the canyon. Our check-in time is 6:30 a.m. and temperatures are forecast to be in the 30s. We’ll rest well tomorrow night!