North Rim Grand Canyon

[4Corners4Runner]

North Rim @ Kelly Point. Another great location. A bit rough getting there in that the trail through the trees is tight and some of the two-track (at least last summer) had some washout. Again, permit needed, but well-worth the effort. Fire Point was also amazing, but the end of the road and out onto the point doesn't have a lot of room for multiple campsites and this area is close to the Visitor's Center so it probably gets a bit more pressure, plus the road is pretty smooth sailing from the highway.
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Another cool thing is get some kind of park pass, we have a lifetime national park pass, so we go into the park when needed, to get rid of trash, get water, the park rangers always tell us we can use the showers or whatever. It’s a little expensive if you have to pay the gate fee!

 

[Anak]

Another cool thing is get some kind of park pass, we have a lifetime national park pass, so we go into the park when needed, to get rid of trash, get water, the park rangers always tell us we can use the showers or whatever. It’s a little expensive if you have to pay the gate fee!

Note that if you have a fourth grader you can get a national park pass for free for a year. It is the "Every Kid in a Park" program. They even work with homeschoolers.

I am, unfortunately, running out of fourth graders. Perhaps I should hold Varmint #Last back a year...

 

[Charles M]

We were heading out to the North Rim last month and ran into a big traffic jam it lasted at least 30 minutes..



After spending a few hours at the rim we ran into more of them. It was a real treat to see them running across the field after sunset it was like a big stampede.

 

[Todd & Meg]

Unfortunately fire point is closed now, due to a wild fire. We are trying to squeeze in an extra day by leaving Thursday night instead of Friday night.

I have been scrambling the last couple of days, we went out with the teardrop over the weekend and had to come home Saturday because of an electrical problem. Ended up my 6 month old AGM battery is toast. Wouldn’t hold a charge and now won’t take a charge. Think I got things figured out, I’m adding another 100w panel and charge controller.

Todd