10/10/2019 Sunrise Point and Rainbow Point Bus Tour

10/10/2019 Sunrise Point and Rainbow Point Bus Tour

I was up early this morning. At 7:30am I was out the door to head to Sunrise Point to catch the sunrise (before breakfast). It turned out to be disappointing. The colors were just bland and it was very cold 17 degrees. Needless to say I did not last long and was back to the trailer for breakfast the Sue had waiting. I have no pictures from this to bore you with.

Now for a solar/battery report, We had taken the batteries down to 51% state of charge (SOC) out of 200 amp hours. The solar panels were only giving us 2 or 3 amps of charge because of the shading by the trees. This has made it necessary to break out the generator to get us back to 100%. The generator gives us around 30 amps of charging which makes it fairly quick to recover in just a few hours. With the cold we do not want to be without power.

After Breakfast it was off to hike the Queen’s Garden Trail 1 mile down and 1 mile up. It is a very different view from down in the Canyon than from the rim. I hope you can see this from the pictures.
In the afternoon Sue had signed us up for a free Rainbow Bus Tour out to Rainbow Point. Other stops on the return trip included Yovimpa Point, Ponderosa Canyon, Agua Canyon, Natural Bridge and Fairyland Amphitheater. The bus driver provide lots of historic, Nature, and sites all along the trip. From Yovimpa Point we could see the smoke form the power plant at Lake Powell, along with the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, The Pink Sand dunes, and Zion, all from this one spot (of course we were taking the driver word for all of this. This point is the highest spot along the Grand Escalante Staircase.

Yovimpa  Point

Ponderosa Point

Natural Bridge

Fairyland Point
Can you find the Owl?