My fond memory of the north rim of the GC, was not so much the GC (which is great), but the drive up from it. I left the rim close to sunset time (I know, you are supposed to watch the sunset there, but it was a little overcast, so I said screw it). The road leading up from the rim to Jacob Lake has lots of meadows next to it, and there were thousands of deer in the meadows. So many, I was concerned about them getting close to the road and committing suicide on my car. But, none did, and I was treated to a terrific wildlife show.
Which reminds me of my best ever wildlife encounter, which was in Yellowstone. We were driving along a river and saw a large herd of bison on the other side. We pulled over to watch. The herd then started crossed the river, and heading right towards us. We got back in the car and just sat there. The entire herd walked around our car, both sides, and there must have been well over one hundred bison. We were just inches away from these huge animals, on both sides of the car. It was spectacular. Looking back on this later, we were *really* lucky that one of them did not decide to take a shorter path and walk over the hood, or that one of them did not get spooked by us in the car.
And ditto about Bryce and Arches...I like them better than Zion.
I went to Arches about midnight on a clear night, and got a pretty good view of the Milky Way.
Which reminds me of my best ever wildlife encounter, which was in Yellowstone. We were driving along a river and saw a large herd of bison on the other side. We pulled over to watch. The herd then started crossed the river, and heading right towards us. We got back in the car and just sat there. The entire herd walked around our car, both sides, and there must have been well over one hundred bison. We were just inches away from these huge animals, on both sides of the car. It was spectacular. Looking back on this later, we were *really* lucky that one of them did not decide to take a shorter path and walk over the hood, or that one of them did not get spooked by us in the car.
And ditto about Bryce and Arches...I like them better than Zion.
I went to Arches about midnight on a clear night, and got a pretty good view of the Milky Way.
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