Grand Canyon hike

THURSDAY 29th
We had the heater going all night so it was a pretty warm night and a lot easier to get out of bed. We had a morning of chores – I emptied the grey and black water from the RV (oh joy) and we did a heap of washing. We decided to take the Bright Angel Trail down into the Canyon mid-morning. It was a three mile hike (and we dropped about 2000ft) from the top to the second rest station which had a great lookout point. We had a snack at the bottom and then headed back up. The kids just trundled along without complaint and we overtook heaps of people on the way up. Reid started to flag a wee bit near the top – but he’d run most of the way down so it wasn’t surprising.
Back at the summit we saw a family of deer grazing in the bush near our RV. We took the shuttle bus to the east after a recharge snack and stopped at a few overlooks to check the view. We took a one mile hike along the canyon rim from the “Abyss” to Hopi Point as our final deed for the day. We’d walked a total of seven miles during the day and it was fair to saw were all a bit knackered but we’d had a great day and really felt like we’d seen plenty of the Grand Canyon. We decided to stay another night at the Canyon and head off early tomorrow to find the Hualapai Skywalk.
Mark