Grand Canyon, AZ

We leave the Lake Powell area and continue our way southwest to the south rim of Grand Canyon. The good news is we have reservations in Grand Canyon Village at the Trailer Village RV park. The bad news is that it is now mid November, south rim is at 7000 ft. and it is getting darn cold especially at night (see the screen capture of the weather below). 

Note: The 31 (feels like 19) was the daytime temp; the overnight low was 9 degrees!!!

We had several elk visit the campground a couple of times. Tank was very brave and barked at the elk from the safety of the car.

Part of the Bright Angel trail and the switchbacks below

I've gotta admit, it was so cold outside that we weren't inclined to go out. But, that said, going in winter is about the only way to get reservations in the park, and I've (Wendy) never been to the Grand Canyon before, so we have to go see the sights. 

We headed a little ways into the canyon on the Bright Angel trail. Because the trail goes downhill, it's easy to get lulled into thinking you haven't gone very far. But we had a number of places we wanted to see, so we kept track and didn't head down into the canyon very far.

We also took the afternoon Hermit Road shuttle. We did hike the south rim trail between some of the stops. Even from the trail, there were some spots where you could see sheer drops into the canyon just slightly off the trail.