I had a meltdown last night, literally, it was too hot in the bedroom to sleep, the door to the flush toilet bathroom next to us was open and the light was blinding me in my bedroom window, and there was a noisy generator running at what I thought was 10:30 pm. Quiet time is 10 PM to 6 AM.
I got up, put on Lauren’s tee shirt, my glasses, my shorts
and flip flops and went to the flush toilets to move the wedge from the
door that was allowing the blinding
light to come inside my bedroom window. Got back in bed, and again, I was
furious, there was a loud generator running.
I contemplated of going over, knocking on the door and asking them if
they might shut it down being it was quiet time zone in the campground.
Luckily, I didn’t go knock on the door. I didn’t realize we were on Mountain Standard
Time. It was only 9:30 pm, so glad I
didn’t make a scene.
Today is our 35th anniversary of our first
date. In modern times of face book, it
would have been called “in a relationship,” bet ours has probably lasted longer
than most of those posts.
This morning, we decided to go to the North Rim of the
The one thing Lauren wanted to see in this area was the
California Condors. We rode Amber down House Rock Road about
2 miles where they release the condors. It was a dusty, washboard road. We got there and a guy with his dog named Emma was there,
and a bunch of cows. The guy had a
really impressive spotting scope, kept talking to someone on a 2 way radio. (By
the way, I still have dust paw marks on my clothes from Emma. She was a sweet loving dog,) Lauren was looking through the spotting scope set up for us tourist
while gazing at the cliff and saw someone walking on the cliff. The guy told us they were working together, (this
was the guy he was talking to on the radio), and had released some condors last
week and were checking on a particular one. We found out according to their GPS, there was one in the
cliff and one flying above the cliff.
The guy left for another area to try to find the troubled condor in the
cliff. We had planed our picnic lunch at the Grand
Canyon , but decided to eat lunch and watch a little while
longer. About half way through lunch,
Lauren spotted one. While he was taking pictures, I was watching through the
scope. I was amazed watching the condor
flying, especially when he flapped his mighty wings.
Again, AMAZING! Then I thought I
was seeing double, but I wasn’t. there were 2 condors, and then a Raven started
bullying them. Unbelievable.
2 condors and a raven
It got cloudy and cool, so the jackets were required to continue our climb in elevation to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. We went up about 5000 feet in elevation from camp. The aspens are changing colors and are beautiful this time of year. Lauren called one section of the road "Avenue of Aspens." One thing is for sure, theGrand Canyon is a lot
bigger at North Rim than across the road from camp. We hiked around the visitors center and took in the breathtaking views of the canyon. We were cool and in the 50's on the ride up, so we put on extra layers and gloves for our ride back.
It got cloudy and cool, so the jackets were required to continue our climb in elevation to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. We went up about 5000 feet in elevation from camp. The aspens are changing colors and are beautiful this time of year. Lauren called one section of the road "Avenue of Aspens." One thing is for sure, the
We stopped by the Navajo
Bridge
Back at camp, we saw a double rainbow. It must be a double kind of day, 2 condors
and a double rainbow. Can’t beat this.
Pictures: https://goo.gl/photos/1CgEw1ZSEE66rxPz9
