Finally a day off work to go play instead of spending days driving and shopping.
So I went out on the Walhalla Plateau intending to hike the Cape Final Trail but the trailhead parking was rather full so instead I parked at the Walhalla overlook and followed game trails along the rim north.
I didn’t go far, probably not more than two miles round trip but it took almost four hours as I stopped every so often to gaze at the canyon.
I like to look back at places I’ve been from a different angle like the Walhalla overlook to the left. And no I didn’t go out on these rocks. I love the rocks, and have respect for them.
Plus I see faces in rocks, like looking at clouds for some. Kind of looks like a dragon to me. Seeing faces in unusual places makes me pareidolia. How about you?
Found a delightful place to sit in the shade on a gnarly fallen tree and look upon Sky Island from a different perspective, plus the canyon beyond.
A delightful treat with no one else around. One of the joys of the North Rim, the quieter, mellow side of Grand Canyon, is finding solitude.
Archeologists have documented Ancestral Puebloan ruins on Sky Island which barely looks big enough for one house and a small garden to me.
As I get nearer I see small holes in the cliff face and wonder what lives there now.
I’m also looking for a possible trail to this island of rock, which I have no intention of following just curious.
Can you see a trail to the top?
