Kathe woke me up this morning. Now that's a change. I'm the one that's supposed to get everyone up at dawn. Well, not so this morning. They were booked on a Park tour and had to be up and out waiting for the bus at 9 AM.
Ruby's Campground offers a free 3 1/2 hour bus tour to all of the campers and hotel guests. Not very many people take advantage of it but it was great. They went all the way up to Rainbow Point and then after a short nature hike stopped at Yovimpa Point, Agua Canyon, Natural Bridge, and Farview Point. All of these stops and vistas are at the southern end of the canyon and are less popular with tourists. They had a great guide who talked about how the spires and hoodoos are formed. He also pointed out a lot of native trees and plants along the hike making it very interesting and informative. He knew the names of some of the more popular hoodoo formations and had the group guess that they were which was really fun.
The distant views of the canyon were not very clear today. The smoke from the large fire in California has effected visibility. Normally you would be able to see mountains as far away as Colorado, but not this morning.
After the tour was over Jim and Kathe took a hike along the rim of the canyon from Sunset Point to Inspiration Point. No guard rails, and right along the edge of the canyon for about about a mile. Glad I couldn't make it!
The distant views of the canyon were not very clear today. The smoke from the large fire in California has effected visibility. Normally you would be able to see mountains as far away as Colorado, but not this morning.
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