Since we were in Arizona, we of course, wanted to see the Grand Canyon. We ventured out on Tuesday and decided we would camp in the nearby Kaibab National Forrest and check out the Grand Canyon from there. The weather was turning colder and wetter and the forrest land was quite muddy by the time we got there. We stayed on a forrest access road almost directly across from the more official Kaibab Lake Campground which we drove through just to check out. If we can, we prefer to camp, not in actual campgrounds, but in dispersed camping areas. The weather wasn’t the best, but we drove up to the canyon the next day and checked it out. South Rim was almost completely fogged in and the canyon was invisible. We decided it was the perfect first view of the canyon. Other site seers there did not necessarily agree. We got lunch and wandered to some of the other spots you can drive to. The skies eventually did clear and we got our first glimpses of the canyon that is just bigger and more awesome than it is easy to imagine. Or maybe it is more that it actually lives up to expectations. You cannot be disappointed by the scope and beauty of the Grand Canyon. Many of the early structures in the park were designed by Mary Colter and Desert View Watchtower was amongst them. It was from this harmonious structure that we got our first views of the canyon. The building itself was interesting paying homage to native drawings and is just a neat rock structure that seems to rise up from the edge of the canyon as if it had always been there. There are several levels to check out the South Rim view from and ingenious little mirror viewers at one level. We checked out another forrest access road that leads from the interior of the park into Kaibab Natiional Forrest after probably less than half a mile. There is a lookout tower there. We climbed the metal structure of the Grandview Lookout tower as the winds started increasing and the weather started to roll back in. By the time we made it back to the campsite it began to snow. We hunkered down for the evening, laughing at the unexpected experience of snow in May.