I arrived at the South Rim Entrance around 1pm and there were three lines of cars maybe 20 cars deep. I hate to say it but not even a week into my Great Adventure and the tourists are already driving me nuts, even though I am also a tourist! I turned around and decided to find a free campsite and relax the afternoon away. Well, a little - I did a bucket of laundry. I found a glorious campsite near the park's entrance in the Kaibab Forest. Very quiet and beautiful except for the idiots racing down the dirt road with no consideration for the dust they were creating. Thankfully my campsite was a bit off the road. Love the tall trees and pine needle ground!
The next day I got up at the crack of dawn and got to the park at 7am. No one in line! I walked the Rim Trail back and forth amazed by the scenery, but suffering from vertigo every time I got close to the edge. No railings! Scary!
All peace, quiet, and contemplation was destroyed around 8:30am when hoards of tourist buses arrived! There was one teenage school group with about 200 screaming kids. I left happy to have seen the sites without chaos of tourists.
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