Day 12 - Grand Canyon x Two

By Car - 174mi

By Foot/Paw/Other -  3.5mi

Car Entertainment - Two trips today to and from the Grand Canyon.  A slower paced day with slower paced music.  I went with my "Jen Loves" playlist that is mostly EDM with a little lady rap.

We intentionally got a later start today because the main goal for today was to see a Grand Canyon sunset.  

Breakfast was once again awesome, and I shared a little of my egg and some potatoes with R&C.

Then we took our time hanging out and getting organized for the day.  R&C mostly hung out in the shower.  Apparently it is the coolest place in the tent.

We headed to the park to explore more of the west side of the South Rim.  I could really tell that R&C were tired, so once we were there, we just took our time, drove to as many spots as we could, and looked for lots of shade!

Our first stop was at the El Tovar Hotel.  This is the hotel from the original National Lampoon's Vacation where Clark Griswald robs the hotel and makes a run for it.

Couldn't resist the photo op.

We explored the park and checked our more amazing views.

But mostly we just looked for shade because R&C were hot and tired.

Charlie did her new trick of digging for a cool spot, and I caught her with a muddy nose!

Since we were all tired (myself included), I decided to go back to camp and get some rest before heading back out to catch the sunset.

I'm so glad we did because otherwise we might not have made it that long, and it was well worth it!

When we went back to the park to watch the sunset we found a great spot that wasn't too crowded.

R&C got settled in right away,

As I said before, the pictures can't even begin to capture that look and feel of this place.  But we had a good spot and tried to capture some memories.  We spent over two hours in this spot waiting for the sunset.  The colors and change across the canyon at this time were spectacular!

After awhile Rhino was completely unimpressed...

Off to Albuquerque tomorrow where we will start to make our way home.  We still have quite a few more days of adventure ahead of us!!