We left Zion and headed to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon via Highway 89. We expected a boring drive, but found ourselves driving through amazing vistas of the Grand Staircase National Monument and the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument. Long sweeping views of huge red rock cliffs, dark green pines and wide open range land with grazing cattle and sheep. We drove through Glen Canyon and the Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River which was not as impressive as the Hoover Dam but still quite a sight! Then, as we drove along the Navajo Indian Reservation we found ourselves in author Tony Hillerman country and saw a lot of place names from his books. We did not see Tribal policeman Joe Leaphorn.
We got to Grand Canyon National Park with time to take a walk along the rim and see the late afternoon soon shining into some of the dark areas of the canyon. I had forgotten how awesome the place is. We stayed in a campground in the park - very worn out and dirty - but convenient to the shuttle to everywhere in the park.
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