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Going to town, an all day affair

01 Grassy Lake SR67S Kaibab NF AZ (1024x768)

Grassy Lake, yes that’s snow at the tree line

Going to town is an all day affair and it was time to go shopping and get off the cold Kaibab Plateau. I’ve been shivering ever since I arrived the 12th of May, even with my long johns on.

02 Page loop

 It’s not just a quick trip around the block to get groceries when living on Grand Canyon’s North Rim. But certainly worth the trade off.

03 Grand Staircase Escalante from SR89A N AZ (1024x685)

 Grand Staircase Escalante

We journeyed 80 miles to Kanab, Utah then hooked a right. I wanted to go to Page, Arizona because of more shopping choices and we took the long way around.

04 Cockscombs & House Rock Valley Rd in Grand Staircase Escalante SR89E UT (1024x737)

 Through the Cockscombs red rock past the turn off for House Rock Valley Road (for a different trip), 75 miles east to Page.

05 Glen Canyon Dam & Navajo power plant from SR89E Page AZ (1024x522)

 Glen Canyon Dam and Navajo power plant

Shopped to the point the truck and cooler where full and hoping not to have to do this again for several weeks.

06 Marble Plateau with Kaibab Plateau in background from SR89S Page AZ (1024x496)

 Kaibab Plateau in distance

Then dropped down from Page 30 miles onto the Marble Plateau.

07 Echo Cliffs with SR89 in notch from SR89A Bitter Springs AZ (1024x766)

SR89 goes through notch in Echo Cliffs

 Then about 10 miles to…

09 Echo Cliffs beyond Navajo Bridge over Colorado River in Marble Canyon SR89A AZ (1024x768)

 …Navajo Bridge where we made a quick stop to look for Condors but none were hanging around, darn.

10 Meadows SR67 S Kaibab NF AZ (1024x766)

 Past the Vermilion Cliffs (sorry no pics was staring into the sun), up onto the Kaibab Plateau about 45 miles back to Jacob Lake where we stopped for a milk shake. Then through the forest and meadows back home another 45 miles. That’s one of my possible shopping trips with glorious sights along the way. And I was warm all day.

 

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Ready to roll, again

01 Mt Hayden View south from Point Imperial GRCA AZ (640x397)

I had almost given up on getting back to work, which will seem like a vacation.

02 New 5er slides out Yarnell AZ (1024x768)

Thank goodness there’s no snow now but it did hail today, and snow on the North Rim

Got home Friday afternoon. How good it felt to sleep in my big bed in my big new 5th-wheel. Which I had kind of forgotten about as I didn’t live it in very long before being gone two months to Texas, and back twice.

Saturday I unpacked some of my stuff from the U-Haul mostly into the storage shed which is packed from floor to ceiling.

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Sunday afternoon, Mike’s brother Max helped me unload the cabover-camper for the last time. I sold it. It’s been good to me and I love it when it’s on the truck but it’s an absolute pain in the ass to get on and off. I have a tent.

Next we delivered furniture, boxes of stuff and clothes to Mom. She seemed rather happy to see her big recliner and plopped right down into it.

I took Monday off. Wow, did that feel good. Went to Prescott with Berta to thrift stores (I really needed that fix) and a few groceries because it’s time to stock up.

Today I packed the 5th-wheel, inside and out and tomorrow I roll as far as Flagstaff 3-4 hours away. Then Thursday to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Yippee!!! I’ll be HOME! And I get to see my sweetie.

Unfortunately, Qwest strikes again and tells me there’s no DSL left on the North Rim. WTF!!!! I’ll be working on that.

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South Rim Grand Canyon training Day 1

Snow on the meadows North Rim Grand Canyon National Park Arizona

When the staff left the North Rim on April 30th for Grand Canyon training on the South Rim the snow still covered the forest and meadows.

North Rim Colorado Plateau from Hwy 89A Arizona

We got down to the warmth of House Rock Valley and a white mosaic could be seen on the plateau.

Vermilion Cliffs Hwy 89A east Arizona

The Vermilion Cliffs rise from the valley floor to the north.

Colorado River upstream Marble Canyon from Navajo Bridge Hwy 89A Arizona

The Colorado River slices its way through the land carving Marble Canyon.

Colorado River upstream from historic Lee's Ferry crossing Arizona

We took a side trip to Lee’s Ferry where a variety of boats transported settlers, missionaries, miners, traders, Indians and tourists across the river for 55 years before Navajo Bridge was completed in 1928.

Colorado River downstream, Lee's Ferry launch Arizona

Today, recreational boaters launch near the old ferry site to experience the wilds of the Colorado River.

Painted Desert Hwy 89 Arizona

Next we headed south through the Painted Desert.

Storm over SanFrancisco Peaks Hwy 89 Arizona

And as we approached the turn off to head west onto the South Rim the San Francisco Peaks could be seen getting a new dusting of white. Would we never get away from the snow?

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