Summer 2018, Day 16: Two Guns, Grand Canyon NP

We woke up to a nice morning at Two Guns:

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I intended to fly to Meteor Crater this morning, but the forecast for winds aloft didn’t look good, so I drove the motorcycle around:

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I poked around Two Guns.  This abandoned tourist attraction went out of business once Route 66 was closed:

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The old Route 66 bridge:

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Part of the old zoo:

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I rode to the edge of Diablo Canyon:

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We found a dead bison near the RV:

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We continued west to Flagstaff, then north to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.  Our first stop was an overlook of the Little Colorado River on the Navajo Reservation:

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Next we stopped at Desert View on the South Rim.  We were last here in 2011, so I thought we should see it again to compare it to North Rim, which we’re going to visit for the first time later today:

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We drove back to the highway, then north to the river crossing at Marble Canyon, then west towards the North Rim.  Nice views along the way:

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After a steep climb, we arrived at Jacob Lake at 7,925 feet above sea level:

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We unhitched the RV at the gas station and drove the truck towards the North Rim:

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Our first stop at the North Rim was Point Imperial:

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Bison along the road:

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Our next stop was Cape Royal:

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We drove back to the RV and overnighted there at the gas station.  See the alternating yellow line on the trip map for today’s drive.

Summer 2018, Day 15: Tisha B'Av in Albuquerque
Summer 2018, Day 17: Cedar Breaks NM

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