This morning you had two options: sleep in or get up at 4:30 to see the sunrise over the rim. I figured I better not push my luck, so I let Richard sleep in. After breakfast we headed off for what we thought was going to be a hike along the rim. Upon further information it was actually 3 miles in and out and you descended over a mile in that distance. So, far from an easy hike with our sore legs! We got dressed including bandaging the blisters on our feet!
I was getting more and more nervous as we got to the rim and the weather was getting worse as we got closer. When we got to the rim the rain and turned to sleet and there were even lightning strikes you could see in the canyon. Russ made the decision that we should not be hiking on the rim with the lightning. I have to say that I was a bit relieved at his decision!
We ended up just hanging around the south rim and eventually heading back to Flagstaff.
The Johnsons 