August 23

Up at 5:30 am to join the pilgrimage of folks with their cameras to photograph the sunrise on the canyon at bright angel point.  Only time this trip I put on my heavier jacket. We got accustomed to the cooler weather back in the black hills.  

A mule ride this afternoon down into the canyon!  Fun, bumpy ride down about 2000 feet and then back up.  I had a really good, calm mule named Woodrow, after Woodrow Call.  Beautiful vistas from a whole different perspective.

Kitty, the trail boss.

A tunnel at the spot where we took a break and rested the mules before heading back up.

Me on my trusty mule, Woodrow.

Came back from the mule ride to find out that the trailer battery had gone down.  No, it didn't seem like we were using it that much but it is a real learning curve for dry camping rookies.  Long story short, the campground host is charging our battery right now and if it all works, we can re-install it and then plug the trailer back into the truck and turn back on the fridge.  The fridge cools with propane but needs electricity for the switch.  If worse comes to worse, we will have to head home early which would be such a shame.  We were so looking forward to a short road trip tomorrow to several other observation points which are supposed to be fabulous.  Poor Jim.  He's about worn out worrying about this today while I was out having fun.