Day 26 - October 27, 2017:

Day 26 – October 27, 2017 –
Friday Left Lone Rock Beach/Lake Powell around 8am and stopped in Page, AZ for shopping enroute to the North Rim of Grand Canyon. Weather is still holding so off we go. Stop at Walmart in Page, Arizona whose parking lot had a nice selection of RV’s spending the night…one of which looked like it should not be on the road. Next stop, Horseshoe bend of the Colorado River…a short walk to look down upon the Colorado River. One thing that has become clear is that having AT&T cell service is not the way to go out here. There will be changes coming for next time. The drive to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon was VERY scenic…through valleys of red rocks and through plenty of Ponderosa Pines and aspens (without the leaves darn). We saw the buffalo herd driving in to the North Rim…whoopee.

Horsehoe Bend

So we get to the Grand Canyon North Rim having previously called a few days earlier and being told that there are plenty of spaces this time of year so just come in.  We arrive and the clerk/ranger tells us that we are reservation only (and it is not a short drive in)….argh! The ranger found a reservation that was cancelled for tonight that will fit us…great! We book in and get to our site. The lady across the way tells us that the people previously inhabiting our site left early and there were a few more nights left….WHAT? So David marches back to the ranger and asks about the two other nights that we wanted. She mucks about and finds one. Then she says let me see if there are any others. What a surprise….all of the ones we wanted in our current site Are there. So anyway, we are happy. They close in a few days so no showers or laundry at the campground...not a big deal for us.

Scenice ride from Page, AZ to North Rim Grand Canyon

We found the buffalo!

Our campsite at the north rim of the Grand Canyon

Prescribed burns made it NOT scenic!