Originally we planned on spending a second day at Zion today but given the crowds and the heat we decided to call an audible last night and change to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Boy was that a good call! Only about 10% of the Grand Canyon visitors go to the North Rim and when we arrived at 7:15 AM we virtually had the canyon to ourselves.

We drove to the furthest point you can reach by car, Cape Royal, where you can hike out onto Angels Window – you can see how it gets it’s name…

We then had a wonderful lunch in the historic Grand Canyon Lodge, built in 1936. The views were spectacular.

Tomorrow on the road to visit our Native American friends in Monument Valley, AZ.

Gallery from North Rim Grand Canyon