We are quartered at the Cliff Dwellers Lodge, adjacent to the Cliff Dwellers restaurant. We left Sedona and drove here, which is about 90 minutes from the entrance to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. That's our next stop on the vacation.
There is enough of a mobile phone signal to post and move text. No pics. The room is comfortable, basic and constructed the same year Jan was born.
We can see the fires that are burning on the North Rim from our front window. About 11,000 acres are involved. Since it was created by lightning the Park Service works to contain the fire so that it doesn't threaten properties, but allows it to burn since fire is a part of the natural process of forest restoration.
Although this can be a staging location for entering the Grand Canyon, many of their clientele come here for chartered fishing trips on the Colorado, which the enterprise here also sells. Their general store is somewhat thinly supplied. You can buy beer and wine in addition to soda and water, but no real food. That would tend to work against the restaurant. No complaints. Just a family making a living in a remote part of Arizona.
We see rain clouds and a few drops actually fell onto our windshield. Literally. I think it was 11 drops.
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