North Rim of the Grand Canyon

So, we have had this on our bucket list for about 10 years now.  Tried to get there once but the road was closed (snow).   But we should have known from our experiences in the past week, that Memorial Day weekend is not the time to visit any National Park.  We left Tuba City after refreshing our bodies with showers, clothes with laundry facilities and souls with wifi and catching up with the world.  We arrived in Jacob's Lake about 11:00 and found a campsite.  We were still about 50 miles to the North Rim but figured we were unlikely to get a campsite any closer.

 We hiked out to the angel point along with a gazillion others, jostled for a picture and then headed back to explore the lodge.  The entire area was full to overflowing, we actually had to park about 1.5 km down the road and hike back.  We then hiked along the rim trail and enjoyed the view and the sunshine.

 Even though we had been told that the North Rim was even better than the south rim, we were somewhat disappointed.  I remember the South Rim leaving me in awe, you could see the Colorado River waaayyyy down at the bottom of the gorge and wave upon wave of incredibly colourful rock formations.  We stayed about 3 hours, and then got tired of the crowds and crazy people.

Did I mention that I have become very nervous about heights - and some of the view points have sheer drops - my red alert system was really humming.