Day 46 – The Grand Canyon…Last Day

Today is our last day here in the Grand Canyon National Park.  We’ve seen it so it’s time to move on.  Kathy wanted to do a little shopping this morning so we hopped a shuttle to the village and the gift shop at the Hopi House.

But before we move on to today’s activities, we had up close entertainment with the resident elk.  This guy had one thing on his mind all evening and the ladies had no interest…that we know of.

Throughout the day, this bull rules the roost.

We hopped the shuttle at the campground and exited at the train station and walked up to the El Tovar Hotel.

Imagine this is the view out of your hotel window.

It’s another calm, bluebird day on the south rim.

The Bright Angel Trail starts here.

There’s a trail I’ll never see.  It’s the trail here in the center of the frame.

I might get down there, but it would take me a month to get back up.

Looking across the canyon, we can see the smoke from a wild fire on the north rim.

We noticed that for the first time yesterday.

We understand that side of the canyon is very different and more like the northwest forests we’ve been through the past couple weeks.

We finished up our shopping, walked the rim for a few minutes and hopped the shuttle back to the RV park.

An RV caravan rally pulled in here a day ago.  These guys are definitely roughing it. Here’s a few of the couple dozen in the group.

This guy is next to us.  He’s from Michigan and sold off a boat and bought this.

Hmmm…just like me.  Well, maybe "just like" is a stretch.

Bet I’m in and out of the Flying J a little quicker than he is.

Anyway, we’re doing a few chores this afternoon and keeping company with the elk in the park.  Tomorrow it’s on to Sedona, AZ.  Looks like we may eventually see a little weather from a hurricane rolling up the Pacific.  Not that I really want to deal with rain, but the people in this part of the country will certainly welcome it.