We spent Sunday night at the Grand Canyon at Bright Angel Lodge at one of their cabins. We enjoyed the rim trail Sunday afternoon and hiked four miles along the trim trail in the afternoon and four miles back, two of which were watching the sunset and moonrise over the canyon. It was just spectacular seeing the rocks light up with the different angles of the sun.
Monday morning we walked through the historic lodge lobby and then drove west to Hermits rest which is the western end of the pavement along the rim. Later we headed west along the rim, had a picnic lunch and did all of the scenic turnouts on the way out of the park.
The eastern end has Desert View Watchtower which was a spectacular stone tower with majestic view in all directions. The building was done under the direction of Mary Colter and was decorated by Indian artists and craftsmen.
We drove back to Cottonwood on Monday afternoon and in the evening David and his friend Sarah joined up with us. We showed them around the mountains west of Cottonwood on Tuesday and spent the day on Wednesday hiking around Sedona and then visiting the down town shops.
Weather has been excellent and we are having a great time.
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