Slightly less vigorous day today… We drove, along with another caravaner, to another plateau, surrounded by more cross canyons. This is in the eastern portion of the park.
We saw a meadow with a watering hole used by the wildlife in the area. And a 19th century log cabin used by early settlers to store grain and salt for their cattle…
We stopped at many overlook areas viewing east across and down into the canyon.
We walked down a canyon to a spring, with water seeping out of the sandstone walls…
The big payoff was Angel’s Window, an arch in the sandstone… (note the people standing atop the arch… )
The valley below was quite green…
We also walked atop the arch…
And we went out onto Cape Royal to see the main portion of the Grand Canyon… And we could finally look down into the canyon and see the Colorado River far below – the river is about one mile below the rim of the canyon…
That’s it – about five miles away and about one mile down…
The other views from Cape Royal were also spectacular! Way better than Uncle Jim’s Trail yesterday…
We returned to the lodge and enjoyed lunch in the dining room…
We walked back to the campground via the Bridle Trail. We enjoyed happy hours and had a quiet evening in The Villa…
We had our Drivers Meeting to discuss our drive to the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, home of the Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell…
And an enjoyable time was had by all…
After 1 1/2 miles along the trail we arrived at the Lodge…
Adventures in the Villa 