DAY 65

Rest Day - Grand Canyon N.P

Smoke from the nearby controlled fires has settled in the Canyon by morning, making for a misty but masked view. We spend the day hiking into the Canyon itself. We do about 5 hours (yes this is how we spend our 'rest' days) of the North Kaibab Trail. While the views are unfortunately obscured by the smoke, it's still wonderful, the canyon floor appears bottomless, rock faces a mile deep silhouette each other, the autumn colours are vibrant. What's really interesting is the blatant geological history of the Canyon, 100's of millions of years of it is visible in the changing nature and colour of the rock. Back at camp (which is located right on the rim, gobsmacking!) we spot two Kaibab Squirrels, go for more short walks around the rim as the smoke lifts and views improve, and meet practically all of the handful or so people staying here (it's amazingly quiet in every sense), including a fellow cycle tourist, a Swiss, who on his day off ran 40km's from the North to South Rim's. Life's good.