Do you ever fear that you're going to over sleep and miss something awesome so you keep waking yourself up? Well, yeah, welcome to my life.. 2:30am, 3:30am, 4:15am, 4:45am... I gave up by 4:45 and just got up... sunrise was scheduled for about 5:30am. The Lodge is right by Bright Angel Point, it's probably a good half mile down, but while we were exploring the area yesterday, we found a nice point clear of trees with a large flat boulder where we decided we would head off to in the morning for the sunrise pictures. We were out the door just after 5 tripod in tow! Until about 5:25am we had only crossed one or two other people, so we got to enjoy the fullest extent of the sunrise by ourselves. So beautiful! At that point, I felt like it was over, then suddenly everyone starts stumbling down the path in their pajamas, crying children or infants still dead asleep on their shoulders to catch the sunrise. Admittedly, H & I were entertained at the site. He ran further down the trail for more shots and I moved over to a bench under a tree to let people climb on the rock for photos.
By 6:15am we were in eating breakfast and got to enjoy the great view from the restaurant's dining room. We also took a couple pictures of the Lodge itself.
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