Urgent Care and the Grand Canyon

Unfortunately, my cold managed to get worse over the course of the day in Bryce and I ended up with pink eye. So, we had to take a detour from Bryce to the Grand Canyon to stop at an Urgent Care. The detour wasn't that long and fortunately since we were up so early we were still on schedule for our arrival at the north rim of the Grand Canyon.

We drove through some very beautiful areas. On the way out of Bryce we drove through the Dixie National Forest and red canyon. On our way to the Grand Canyon we drove through Kaibab National Forest, and some Native American tribal lands.

The north rim of the Grand Canyon is very remote. We felt like just kept driving and driving with nothing to see other than forest. Even once you reach the visitor's gate you still have to drive 12 miles before you arrive at the rim. The Grand Canyon definitely lived up to it's name. It was indeed Grand. The down-side to the north rim is that the hiking opportunities were kind of far away and I think both Matthias and I felt that Bryce was more beautiful. So, we didn't do much at the Grand Canyon other than relax and enjoy the view.