Thursday 2nd July It's a bit of a fitful night and the sun gets up early. We see elk wandering around. We are up packed and in the national park before 7am. We eat so e breakfast then walk around the rim. It truly is grand. We decide we want to catch the buses that go further around and do so. We walk a little way down Into the canyon. Pretty dry and red. It's quote warm but so much more manageable than Vegas. We want to leave around 12pm so we can continue on o...

Wednesday 1 July We have to get up early in order to get the buses to collect the rental car. Malcolm decides he will go alone as check out is not till 12. I pack and sort my things. The housekeeping knock a few times to see if we are out. There is problems with the bus and mal doesn't make it back till about 11. We check out and head to the car. It's nice. Malcolm got talked into an upgrade but still very reasonable at about $15 a day plus costs. We head to th...