8/19/13 - Jacob Lake, AZ

Today we got up early and drove to Jacob Lake, Arizona.  We got a campsite in the Kaibab National Forest.  There are no hookups and we have pit toilets.  We unhooked and drove to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.  Jim and I have been to the South Rim a couple of times.  We also went to the part of the Grand Canyon that you have to go on the Indian Reservation to get to.  This was a long time before they built the Sky Walk over the Grand Canyon there.  Martha, Amelia, Jim and I were the only ones there and we only saw one Indian.  We asked him for directions to get to the edge of the canyon.  

Our first stop was at the visitor center and then we walked to the Grand Canyon Lodge.  They have two really nice porches facing the canyon with chairs.  We walked to a couple of lookouts by the Inn and then walked the trail to Angel Point.  It was sunny when we first got here but the clouds started rolling in.  We sat on the porch and drank a couple of beers while enjoying the scenery.  We took a 20 mile drive and stopped at the vista points.  At the end of the drive was Royal Point and Angels Window.  We walked out onto both points.  Angels Window was beautiful and scary.  The edge of the cliff is almost in a circle around you.  We drove the 45 miles back to our camp and sat outside until it got tot cold for us.