We drove to the Grand Canyon past some amazing scenery. In the Kaibab National Forest, there were miles and miles of beautiful trees, then miles and miles of burned trees from a fire in 2006. Gary clocked over 7 miles of dead trees. We stopped to read some of the informtion along the way. One point they made was that the Aspens need fire to reproduce. If there were no fires, Aspens would die out. After all the wildlife signs we've seen, we had to laugh at this one of the cow. Unfortunately you can also see some of the burned out trees behind the sign.
The Grand Canyon's North Rim was fantastic! It was a clear day and you could see forever. My only problem is that I have never been thrilled with heights. The only things holding my rubber knees up were the butterflies in my stomach. It was wonderful to see the sights, but once is plenty, thank you.
As we left the Grand Canyon we noticed that tent caterpillars are killing the Aspens in great numbers. Funny that we didn't notice that on our way up. Sad to see.
We noticed several hoses being set up at the lodge at the Grand Canyon. We were told that since fireworks aren't allowed in the National Parks, the park workers have a water fight for everyone's entertainmenet on the 4th of July.
As we drove home we could the Grand Staircase (look in the distance). The clouds were getting pretty thick and shortly after we walked the dogs a huge rainstorm hit with lots of thunder and lightning. I love the sound of rain on the roof of the RV.
When it was over we drove to the local park to see the festivities, then back to a restaurant for dinner. It was a cute place--note the photo of Gary in the huge chair. He said he felt like Edith Ann on Laugh In (And that's the truth!) They had lots of fun decorations and Gary's dinner was good.
We played some cribbage (Gary won again!), then sat outside to see Kanab's local fireworks, which were pretty spectacular for such a small town.
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