South Rim of The Canyon

On Tuesday we woke up to find that the thermometer had plunged to 18.5 deg F! It was still sunny, but cold, cold, cold, still we are up over 7000ft. This prompted us to make the decision to go to the Grand Canyon today and push on to Phoenix tomorrow. We got out our warm clothes, packed our normal picnic lunch and set off, it is a 52 mile drive from Williams to the South Rim, on an almost dead straight road, across high desert scrub land, not the most interesting of journeys. We arrived at the GC, parked and walked to the edge at Mather Point, to once again be stunned by the beauty of the vista, now we can compare directly the North and South rims. We now favour the South as you can see more of the GC, you can see the Colorado at the bottom and with the sun behind us the view appears clearer. The downside is that there are many more people there (if that is not being too snobbish). After visiting the Mather Point we took the car and drove along the rim road to the west as far as Hermit Rest, where there is a small café and gift shop, so we could get a hot drink, as it was still cold. Having now seen the South Rim of the GC we now drove back along the same straight road to Williams. Having now accomplished one of our goals we felt happy to drive on to Phoenix the next day.