Ken Patrick Trail

We are starting to get into a routine. With us both having Wednesday and Thursday off we are becoming comfortable with our schedules. It is still hard to figure out what day it is, we both were M-F for 30 years.
This past Wednesday we did chores and took it easy. Thursday we had one of my co-workers, Anthony, drive us up to Imperial Point..Loni, another co-worker went along for the ride.

Point Imperial is the highest point on the North Rim at 8800'. Our hike was 12 miles from Point Imperial back to our 5th wheel. The first three miles skirts the rim with great views of Mt. Hayden.

We hadn't noticed it with the naked eye but the photo does show some smoke from the wild fires south of here creeping north. Fortunately, for us the majority of the smoke has not come this way. After three miles the trail headed off into the forest and stayed there most of the remaining nine miles. Close to the half-way point we descended into a beautiful meadow and in the middle of nowhere there was a sign.

 It was a different hike, since we only came to the rim once in the last nine miles. The nice thing was we only saw only three other people for six hours. In a burn area we did come across an interesting "African Sculpture".

Today, Sunday is our hump-day and we are planning for this weekend W-TH. We will probably head up to Cape Royal Wednesday evening and watch the full moon rise as the sun sets on the Grand Canyon.
Oh, at work I was promoted to Assistant Manager, the position had been vacant up to this point. I get a bump in my hourly wage plus our housing is now comped and we can eat in the dining room at no cost...not bad.