Grand Canyon is closed

Today we're heading for the North Rim. Once out of the hills and river valley that led south out of St. George, out into the open plains north of the canyon, we could see red rock mesas all around us. Beautiful.

But unfortunately, the North Rim isn't open for the season yet (it opens next weekend). Bummer. We tried driving up the road anyway, and at the barricade was the entrance to the campground, so we drove that way and found a historic ranger station that was really cool. This is where they stable the horses and mules for trail rides; they were hauling in hay and getting ready for the season.

The road was interesting, so we kept on going. Where it came back to the main highway was an old fire lookout station. There was a geocache there, so we parked the MX-5 and took a walk to find the cache. As we walked back up the hill, we had a great view of the contrast between the wee car and the very tall tower.