We found a pretty good spot last night to spend sunrise this morning. So we’re up early and ready to go.
We sit in silence and listen to the space, and then some birds and the trees waking up. A couple of loud talkers interrupt briefly but they don’t stay.
After an hour of serenity, we get some cereal and sit on the rim for breakfast. Then we get a bus down to the start of the South Kaibab Trail.
On the South Kaibab Trail we descend into the canyon. Walking under the rim completely changes my mediocre opinion of the Grand Canyon. I don’t know if it’s just the change of perspective that changes my view, or something about feeling inside the landscape, rather than just looking over it. Maybe it’s because there are less people about…
We walk down as far as Cedar Ridge, which shoots out into the canyon, so when we walk right to the peak we can look far along the canyon. The place landscape and this whole place and grows on me.
The walk is much tougher going back up, but a 3-5 hour estimated walk only take us 1.5 hours. I think we are getting fitter!
A piece of advice: walk into the canyons, not just around the top!
