Grand Canyon Adventures!

We spent several days in Grand Canyon (on the South Rim) and it was a wonderful experience for us! We got lucky and was able to get an RV campsite at the Trailer Village inside Grand Canyon National Park. Trailer Village was super convenient because there was a shuttle stop right at the entrance of the village and it was close to the huge general store and the Yavapai Lodge which also had a cafeteria and a small restaurant. The best part of staying in Trailer Village was seeing the Elk roam freely around the campground, which I blogged about earlier. Dave got to ride his bike twice in the morning which was life-giving for him and a good exercise as well!

The first day, we spent our entire day on taking the shuttle bus from our campground to Hermit's Rest. The total bus ride takes about 40 minutes but there are 8 stops along the way where you can get off and take pictures and enjoy the scenery. It was a nice way to see the Grand Canyon from a different point of view. Plus, the girls loved riding the shuttle.

 The one thing that really made me nervous was the big openings in the railings at the edges or even no railings. Most definitely I was holding onto the girls' hands super tight till my knuckles turned white! The shuttle would come every 10 minutes so we never had to wait very long for the next shuttle. We even met a young couple who rented bikes and rode the same route, which is also a fun way to see the canyon. 

No railings behind Mae! Eek!

That's as far as Joi could go. Still made me nervous though.

Several places, there were some rocks for the girls to climb that were far enough away from the edge of the canyon and at one stop they found a pile of rocks that they made into a stage and began to sing for everyone to hear. It was a pretty precious moment to see.

We ended up at Hermit's Rest which is the last stop on the shuttle line. It had a cute little gift shop and a little place that had snacks, sandwiches, drinks, and ice cream to buy. So, we bought some ice cream sandwiches to share with the girls as a treat and checked out the gift shop. On our way back to the shuttle, we met a couple who literally live a couple blocks away from us in the same town! How funny that we would meet them in the Grand Canyon at Hermit's Rest! It was fun chatting with them while we rode the shuttle back to our starting point. 

We ended our day, playing outside in our campground, riding our scooter and bikes. But the best part of the end of the day was seeing elk roaming around our campground and watching them with our RV neighbors Butch and Ryan. Plus Pedro spent the afternoon just basking in the sun in his new camp chair. We discovered early on in the trip that he loves sitting by the campfire and just basking in the sun. So, we went to Walmart and bought him his own camp chair that has a pattern of bears on it! We ended our first day taking Pedro to see the sunset at Mather Point, which is one of the scenic points at the canyon. 

Yes, that kid camp chair is Pedro's. ;)

Look at that elk! That was one of group of 5 that was roaming around the campground!

Sunset from Mather Point

Pedro at Mather Point during sunset!