The Grandest of Canyons, Northern Style

May 30, 2016July 18, 2021 / ridingwithgary

It’s Memorial Day 2016. Day Nine of our National Parks Tour takes us to the “other” Grand Canyon – the far-less visited North Rim. We pass through Jacob Lake and skirt Vermillion Cliffs National Monument before arriving at the North Rim. We look across the canyon toward the South Rim, which we’ll visit tomorrow.

At the Grand Canyon North Rim.

To see more of the sights we saw along the way, check out today’s Photos-of-the-Day (PODs), below.

Wanna see the actual route from today’s ride, using Google Maps? click here.

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And now, today’s “Previous Blog Trivia Question:”

Q: How many tourists visit the Grand Canyon each year?

A: More than five million, making it the second-most visited park in the National Park system.

Five million people will visit the Grand Canyon this year. One of them is Randy.

Q: For extra credit – what is the most-visited National Park?

A: Smoky Mountain National Park in Tennessee and North Carolina, with about 10 million visitors annually.

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Gotta go.

Vroom, Vroom.

IMG_6072 (1) — Memorial Day on the road, at Jacob Lake, en route to the North Rim.

The Jacob Lake Inn is the last stopping place before the North Rim.

We wished Smokey a happy Memorial Day, then headed for the North Rim.

Lotsa great photo ops at the North Rim.

It’s a long way down.

IMG_6104 (1) — Cold beer with a view of the Grand Canyon.

You can have a beer and have a great perch overlooking the Grand Canyon. Guess whose feet?

Guess whose feet, #2.

Guess whose feet, #3.

The answer to the guess-whose-feet contest.