Grand Canyon Bound

Yesterday we headed out for the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. All reports had it being in the mid 20's down there and that meant it was a great spot for boondocking. The drive from this spot at Kanab, through Page, to the Grandview Tower road where we had camped before is pretty cool. Lots of red mountains, interspersed by some desert for variety. We didn't linger along the way though as we were destined for a spot where we could just sit and chill for a few days. For all of you Albertans back home you can rest assured that with the Conservatives in power there, you are enjoying the lowest diesel prices we have seen, barring a 1 cent difference, for our entire journey. That is of course with all the conversions from Metric to Imperial, well actually the US gallon, which is a little gallon, and the difference in currencies taken into account.

We pulled into the Grand Canyon National Park, paid our $35 and headed for the Grandview Tower road where we lurched and bumped our way south a couple of miles till we crossed into the Kaibab Forest, where camping is allowed, in this spot anyhow. That couple of miles was bad, really bad though so I took a spin south on the Forest Road and came out 16 miles later at Tusayan, a long drive on a marginally better road though. Not sure exactly how we will get out of here, but that is a worry for another time. For the next few days I am hoping to be able to do a little picturin' along the South Rim here, so we will see what we get.