We left Lees Ferry and headed to Jacobs Lake, dropped our trailer off and drove down into the N. Rim of the Grand Canyon. Altogether about a two hour drive. Remarkably different than the S Rim, as everyone had told us. Very lush and green, many different types of trees. Remember the hail storm we had on Saturday? The N Rim got 6 inches of hail accumulation that day!! There were still remnants on the ground in a few places. Amazing. We didn't do much hiking...jus...

After a quiet night at the S. Rim of the Grand Canyon, we headed out in the morning to go to Lees Ferry, AZ. The drive out of the Canyon was along an incredibly beautiful road running from the main Visitor's Area to the Eastern entrance of the Canyon. About 40 minutes altogether. Many gorgeous vistas along the way, including a Watch Tower that we had to climb. After leaving the GC NP we drove through a Navajo Reservation and on into Lees Ferry, AZ. This is the p...

It was cold last night! We ended up not buying a portable heater while in Phoenix, and I hope it wasn't a mistake. While bundled in our sleeping bags, we were fine. But if it is this cold here, what in the world will it be like in Yellowstone or Glacier?! Of course, I'm not sure I'll be gutsy enough to camp there anyway, in a soft sided trailer...bears! We woke up this morning with Clark feeling terrible. He was unusually exhausted yesterday and fell asleep befo...

We are finally back on "schedule"! I woke up early, as planned, and did three loads of laundry before we headed out to pick up Big Jimmy. Once again, we had a blessedly uneventful day. No car trouble, no trailer trouble, no problems! We left Tucson, drove to Phoenix and got Jimmy and then headed over to Thunderbird so the kids could see where I went to grad school. So much had changed that I could hardly find my way around campus. The Tower Building, i...

Okay, Okay!!! I have finally posted some pictures. From what I can tell, the best way to see them is to click on photo albums on the left and then you can view them as a group. I have been slack on the photos so far because there has been nothing to take pictures of! If you look in the Album for Carlsbad, I have a picture of the typical view out my driver's window for the past 3 days. That is pretty much all we have seen. I also included a picture of what the ki...