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| partners | | We woke up to rain and it stayed rainy most of the morning. Clyde had some additional tarps so we put those up. It's funny, I'm trying to remember what we did for lunch cuz as Bruce knows, that's almost more important than the trip report but alas I can't remember.
Anyway, we decided we wouldn't be doing any major hike today because of the weather being so tenuous. A couple of the guys decided they would walk up to the Lodge with us so we headed out the Bridle Path. It's a lovely walk really and it is slightly uphill as you get closer to the Lodge. Today we continued the route out to Bright Angel Point (you can never have too much of that) where we stayed for a short time. It was much more crowded today.
Next we headed back and instead of going up the hill to the lodge we continued on the lower tier. On this path is a stairway that takes you to a covered lookout that has these great picture windows. And finally, we headed up to the Deli so I could finally get my ice cream  .
A couple of the guys stayed behind and we headed back to the campground via the Transept Trail. Once again, it's a nice jaunt along the rim. This time we saw a big beautiful snake. I took a bit of a movie and pics of it. We arrived back at camp and I'll be darned if I know what I did for the rest of the afternoon. Oh, now I remember... Wendy had brot a small book along on the Kolb Brothers so I read that and other GC material.
We had a dinner engagement at the Lodge later in the evening. I was disappointed in the food but the sunset was not bad.
Here is a short video of a chipmunk at Bright Angel Point, a snake up on the Transept Trail and a pretty bright sunset at the North Rim Lodge that evening: http://youtu.be/LrmCGv40g4o |
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For me, sometimes it's just as much about the journey as the destination.
Oh, and once in awhile, don't forget to look back at the trail you've traveled. |
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