It was a long night of trains. We looked to see if the train to the park was a possibility, since we were parked at the station. Alas the train to the park was sold out (which, might, MIGHT, have made up for the trains all night).
We we out by 10 AM and had about another hour's drive to get to the park. We went to the overlook at the visitors center. This was a bit of a hike for Paul, but the view was tremendous.
We stopped for a late lunch and then determined that some of the buses were running so we took the yellow route to see a number of overlooks you could not reach by car.
This was very successful, so we decided to try for the Red line. This which meant moving the RV and dropping off Paul and Maggie while Stephanie and Tyler parked the RV about 3/4 of a mile away.
We had time to get off at an early stop and the second of the two "best" sunset view points, but not enough time to get to Hermits Rest at the end of the line.
It was possible to walk back on the rim trail from our stop to the stop before. It was gravel but flat and about 0.8 mile, and as the bus driver said we could flag down a bus if it started to get dark and we though we couldn't make it to the second stop before dark.
The trail was great, right along the edge (but not too close) so we had great views and Paul was able to motor along with the two hiking polls pretty well. We saw maybe eight condors circling below us in the the canyon. As the sun set, the colours got redder and you could see the formations light up on the other side of the canyon.
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