Intrepid Explorers Challenge The Heights Of Zion! and Grand Canyon North Rim was lots of fun and cooler.

Eight miles of trail roundtrip, 2300 feet in elevation , breathless views--- we braved it all-- to Observation Point! (by the way, it was either paved, easy rocks, or beach-like sand.)

On the way up we traversed a gorgeous slot canyon.

When we got to the top and walked across the mesa to the point, it looked as if we were walking through the dunes on the way to the water at Plum Island. The view from the top is amazing!

Since we are having considerable technical challenges creating this blog. Please excuse the combining of locations.

Two and a half days at the North Rim was perfect. The hikes are more gentle and wandering and the views of the canyon are great. You have seen pic of the canyon, not a lot different from the other side so we will stick with nature. This time of year, there are lots of random flowering cacti so they deserve recognition.
Hey girls! We found a fairy house with two pine cone fairies sitting by their campfire.

No photos on this next part, but imagine dinner our last night in the magnificent North Rim Grand Canyon Lodge. First, drinks on the veranda overlooking the canyon. Then we moved in for dinner. Every table had views of the canyon as the sun set.

Afterwards, there was an astronomy club set up on the veranda giving everyone views of Saturn and its moons, a globular cluster of stars, a binary star, etc. One of the telescopes had a 20" diameter mirror! (The famous Clark telescope at the Flagstaff had a 24" lens.) A nice way to finish our visit to The Grand Canyon