A second visit to the Grand Canyon

After White Horse Lake, we returned to Grand Canyon South Rim. Gary's brother Ray came down from Seattle on his Harley and stayed with us for a while. We had a great time once again at the canyon. I hiked down the Bright Angel Trail a ways, and then also hiked part of the South Kaibab Trail - while the guys relaxed at the trail head. You cannot truly appreciate the size and grandeur, I think, until you hike down and experience a completely different perspective from inside the canyon. It was fantastic, and next time we go, we would like to hike to the river and spend the night at Phantom Ranch there at the bottom.
We also saw lots of mule deer and elk, who basically just hung around our campsite there at Mather Campground. I also feel lucky to have gotten a nice picture of one of the 65 California Condors now living in the area. It was a terrific visit to the canyon.

Gary and Ray had a great time together:

That's our trailer in the background; we had a whole herd of elk sleeping in the woods behind our campsite one day.