The next day
we were off for sunrise at Point Imperial.
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| MT. HAYDEN |
The area had just recently been
opened up after a major fire had burned in the area to the North of the Point
and then West. Once again the weather was not favorable for a nice sunrise but
we stuck around for a while and I took a few pictures.
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| SLOPE CLEARED BY THIS YEAR'S FIRE |
We then
returned to the Lodge and had our traditional breakfast of coffee and a scone
from the Rough Rider Saloon served by our friend Robert, the master barista and
ardent hiker of the Canyon and neighboring locations. It was great to see him.
We had hoped for a more in depth visit, but he was off after the morning work
for three days of camping and hiking in the area. We then visited a while with
Vickie at the Mule Desk. At the Visitor Center I was thanked and complimented
for the Wildflower Books that I had compiled and are still being used regularly
by the staff.
We then set
off to the Employee area and onto the Administration area. In the housing area
we touched bases with Sharon, who has been working the dining room for about 20
years. Finally we were off to the Admin. area. Before
we got out of the
housing area we met up with Mike K., who we worked with for ten years, and Bill
who we had known there for about seven years.
At the Admin. office we saw Steve from the back country office, and
finally Bill Archard, who is now the head of Law Enforcement. We had worked
with him and his wife, Sarah for a couple of years before they had moved onto
another Park. They are now back with their six year
old son, Parker.
Parker started
the school year today in Kanab (80 miles to the North), and Sarah had signed on
as a teacher’s aide. They were in Kanab, but they insisted on returning to the
Rim to join us for dinner at the Archard’s home. It was a great visit and we
thoroughly enjoyed meeting Parker.
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