North Rim of the Grand Canyon

    It's easy for us to get lazy and settled in when we're at a job but last week we forced ourselves to go exploring and it was so worth it! We've been to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon several times and enjoyed it except for the fact that there is to many people. Reviews of the North Rim all testified of the lack of people and that it's less commercialized so we knew if that was true, North Rim would be our favorite!

     After a 2.5 hour drive, we were in the Kaibab National Forest and found a great boondocking spot fairly quickly. When you're towing your 40 foot home, it's slightly terrifying to head down a dirt road and not know what you'll find! Usually Google earth saves us but we had absolutely zero service so we were happy that we didn't need it.

Our little clearing in the woods.

The trees were beautiful but they did block the sunlight we needed for solar!

Bison.............we were not expecting to see them here! Definitely more wild than the ones at Yellowstone.

So huge!

.......just no way to capture the vastness of it.

Emily was happy just stomping in the leaves.

The next morning it looked different due to the lighting and shadows.

Our very hyper children.

Hiking food.........

One day we walked for 4 miles through the woods.

So solemn.

And a bit chilly!

The pines were just huge!

The trail also took us along the edge for a ways.

Fallen logs made it so much more fun.

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The only thing better than enjoying the view myself is watching our children stand in awe!

Lots of smoke from planned burns.

This was a scary little look-out. I prefered places with no rails and staying back from the edge versus this fence right on the edge!

Makayla is turning into quite the hiker!

The children found this toilet in the woods near our campsite.

Why do so many small Aspen trees have such crooked trunks? None of the big ones did so I assume they grow out of it?

It was so cold when the sun went down! I think it was in the teens some nights.

The Byler in Ethan is coming out- he is starting to really like puzzles.

      So yes, we did love the North Rim. It was stunning, like the South Rim, but I can't say the views were better, just different. We thoroughly enjoyed the lack of people. By December 1, or the first snow, whichever comes first, the road to North Rim is gated shut so we're glad we got our visit in!