North Rim Grand Canyon - June 18th

We are going to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon today. Our campsite is outside of Hurricane, Utah, about 145 miles away. We got an early start. The weather was perfect. Our drive was uneventful but certainly beautiful and different scenery.

2 more Franklins at the North Rim

At a rest area we pulled off the road because there was a 1929 Franklin automobile parked. Talking with a woman there, we learned that the National Franklin Auto Club was having a rendezvous at the north rim. Imagine our surprise that we would get to see autos from the time frame that the Grand Canyon was opening up commerce to the public.

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1929 Franklin - Stranded with fuel pump issue

Waiting for the entrance to open

The entrance to the South Rim you travel through miles of desert-like terrain with open spaces and tumbleweed....much what you might expect from watching old cowboy and indian movies. The North Rim is not like that at all. You enter through a mountainous forest with minimal, but lush undergrowth and a lot of wide open grazing lands. The road signs warn to beware of Buffalo, Cow, Deer, Elk and smaller animals. The North Rim is much more to my liking than the entrance to the South Rim.  

The North Rim Lodge

The canyon scenery here is not as spectacular as the south rim but I still loved it. The actual park trails on the North are not as “commercialized” as the South. The access is really off the beaten path, so to speak. We found a lovely setting overlooking the Grand Canyon where we sat down for our picnic lunch. Perfect. The lodge, nearby, was built in the early 1900's as are most of the cabins on the North Rim.

View from the Lodge

Down one of the trails

As with all our days lately the temperatures had started to climb before we headed home. The triple digit heat in Nevada and Utah is terrible. Don't ever believe that “but it's a Dry Heat!” junk. I will probably say that too often!!!!, Sorry.