August, September and now October

It's getting cooler every day now. Last I wrote was in August and it was HOT! For all the visitors it was refreshing to be up here in the cool mountain air but for those of us who live here and are used to being up here it was just HOT.

Gary and I have been camping a few times this summer. The first time we went to Point Sublime. Got some good photos.

Yes, heights do not bother Gary! If he fell he would have gone a good 100 feet before hitting the rocks just below him. I had all I could do to take that picture, as I am afraid of heights, but getting a lot better since living up here on the EDGE!

We also went to Toroweap Overlook. That is about 50 miles west of here and is where if you fall off the Rim you will go 3000 feet straight down-no bouncing of other rocks.

This is the Colorado River and this is Gary and Jim on the Edge! You can also
see the Colorado River in the middle of the photo.

This area of the Canyon has a lot of lava flows from millions of years ago and a bunch of

partial volcanos that created the lava flows.

I also went for a Colorado River boat ride. We boarded the boat at the base of the Glen Canyon Damn in Page, AZ. and down the river we went. We were on the river for about 4 hours. It was a nice cool day and the 48* water was very refreshing. Yes, all of us from up here jumped in for a quick cooling off! Unfortunately, I can not move any pictures from the Walmart disc to my computer so I can't post any river boat pictures.

Forever Resorts closes here on the North Rim Oct. 15. ......However.....the NPS has decided to keep the Park open until Dec. 1. That means having the visitors center open and plowing the 45 mile road if needed. So Forever Resorts thinks we should have something open also and since the gift shop was the most logical thing to keep open I will still be working there from 9-4 every day until Dec. 1. I will have my 2 days a week off, or more. So this all means that now I have to learn how to run the gift shop. Open it in the mornings and close it at night. That means a raise in pay too. We had our first meeting about all this today but we still haven't worked out all the details.

Anyways, I started stocking up on groceries yesterday on my way back from town and I'm getting a bit excited about spending the winter here. For those that don't know, this means a 45 mile snowmobile ride to Jacob Lake to get the truck (and hope it starts) to go another 30 miles to get groceries and then turn around and do it in reverse to get back home after Dec 1 when the road will not be plowed any more until April.