6/7/12 Thursday Grand Canyon

We woke up cold this morning. I put on my sweatshirt to walk the dogs. We drove to the Grand Canyon today -about 40 miles from here. It was a nice drive and we went to the visitors center and watched a short movie then walked to Mather's Point and took lots of pictures. It is very interesting being here because people from all over the world come here to see the Grand Canyon. I heard many languages being spoken. Steve recognized a Korean phrase-- Thank you. When we got back to the pick-up a park volunteer was by our vehicle-- I guess someone had called about our dogs being in the car. He said it s good we got there when we did because a Park Ranger was on the way. We might have got a ticket--Uh Oh. The dogs were fine-- not even thirsty, but after that we didn't leave them in the pick-up alone. Next we drove part of the desert view road (or Rim Road) and took more pictures. Then we checked out the campgrounds and drove home. Took a nap when we got home-- sightseeing is tiring!! After that we went to the grocery store-- prices seem high. Gas is $4.20 - $4.20/gal!! This is an expensive little tourist town. That's it for tonight.