Day Seven – Bryce Canyon NP

We hiked below the rim into the canyon on Peekaboo Trail to Navajo Loop and up visiting with our other alien rock friends the hoodoos and spotted the “fire hydrant” but “Porky Pig” eluded us…maybe next year.

Day Eight – The North Rim of the Grand Canyon 

We hiked out to Bright Angel Point searching for seashell fossils on the walls of the trail (it’s hard to imagine that 8,000 feet up you’re standing on what was once the floor of the ocean). We continued on to Transept Point for the magnificent vistas and climbed up to the Grand Canyon Lodge.

We enjoyed a Ranger Talk on the back porch learning all about bringing the California Condors back from near extinction.

We dined on the back porch overlooking the canyon watching the sun  set over the Grand Canyon.

Then back to the Jacob Lake Campground where we nestled in our beds and slept with the windows open and loved the 43 degree temperature.