Saturday we awoke to rain and fog as we headed into Bryce Canyon National Park. Although we did not get the spectacular vistas we were able to see some of the formations through the fog at the first place we stopped. Lee and Fergal decided to hike along the rim to the next overlook while Nancy and I drove the truck to pick them up.
About the time Lee and Fergal got out of sight it started raining. By the time we got to the next overlook it was raining pretty hard and the clouds were dropping to the point we could not see any of the cliff formations. By the time Lee and Fergal made it to the truck they were pretty wet.
We drove to the other end of the park hoping the weather would clear but it only got worse.
Since the forecast called for rain the next three days we left Bryce and headed for the Grand Canyon.
We called the Grand Canyon to see if we could get reservations in the campground for Sunday night but they said all they had left were 3 first come- first served sites big enough for our trailer so we hurried into the park with our fingers crossed because there were not any campgrounds anywhere near the park. Fortunately, we did get a spot with no hook ups, and arrived in time to get a quick glimpse of the canyon. Although it had rained on us most of the day, the clouds did not really obscure our view of the canyon, but the lack of sunshine muted the colors. We had a thunderstorm just after dark and it rained off and on all night so I feared a repeat of what happened at Bryce since the forecast was for heavy rain the next day. Luckily, we got some sun Monday morning and got some nice views of the canyon but the forecast called for more rain Monday afternoon so we packed up the trailer and headed south about noon.
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| Campsite in Grand Canyon |
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| It was kind of cool Monday. |
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| Nice view |
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| Some sun on the canyon |
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| Most of the buildings were already closed for winter |
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