Hopi House--South Rim

Tue, 6/30/09

Mather NF Campground, Grand Canyon, South Rim: This morning we hit the grocery store and after coming back and putting everything away we headed to Tusayan and found an Internet café and downloaded e-mail and I updated the blog. That took about an hour and a half and then we went back to our site and sat outside reading for a while. The day was pretty cloudy from time to time but pretty warm—mid 80s. Decided to take the shuttle bus from the campground to the visitor center at Mather Point. These shuttle buses are a great deal. They take you everywhere on the rim and you can get on and off as you please. They run every 15 minutes and they’re free. Can’t beat that. We would have driven over but they have the parking lot closed due to construction. The bus worked just great. After checking out the visitor center we took the bus back and relaxed at our campsite. Had salads for dinner. Tomorrow we leave for the North Rim. We’re staying at Jacob Lake.