This turned out to be some detour and was to take about 200 miles around the Vermillion Cliffs - it had already been a long day and was getting dark as we hit the first one horse town. We got petrol just in case and asked about RV parks but the guy did not know of any until Kanab, half way around the detour.
We move on and climb 3000ft in 3 miles with the coupe on the back - windows were down and the the heater on to help the RV make it up - hot stuff. At the top we found a National Park RV camp in Jacobs Lake, where we quickly pulled into for the night. This is a dry camp - i.e. being self-sufficient again with only toilets available.
We discover that Jacob's Lake is the turn off to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon and it opens on the 15th in 2 days time so we decide to stick around as we wont be back this way (or so we think). In the morning we find a full hook camp is just around the corner and opens that day, so we quickly back up camp and move around there. There are showers etc and we find we are not the only ones sneaking around the corner for a little more comfort, especially those in tents. Bit cooler up here and we are back to duvets as socks are just not sexy.
Next day is the opening and we jump into the 40 coupe & head out to the North Rim for the day. There is supposed to be a large herd of Bison by the rangers entry station but once again they are in hiding when we go through. We do see wolfs, squirrels and Blue Jays during the day. We visit the main lodge area first and climb out to the point - very windy but fantastic views. Then we cruise out to Cape Royal which has a window in the rock and Imperil point, then back to the lodge for a coffee. We sit on the deck with our drinks overlooking the canyon - what a view.
Today we head off on our way to Page again via Kanab and have booked on to a tour to Antelope Canyon tomorrow - everything here is run by the Navajo and you can only go there on a guided tour.......expensive.
Hopefully we will get some good photos!!
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