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After hiking back up the Bright Angel trail we regrouped and started walking along then rim trail. From here we had fantastic views of the canyon.

While hiking the trail we also happened across a bunch of local wildlife.

Unfortunately the shuttle bus was not running as it was the off season so we turned around half way along the rim and went back to grab the car. From there we drove to the end where we could hike the first part of the Hermit trail for some new views of the canyon.

All in all an excellent hay of hiking.

At the end of the day a storm blew in and the winds picked up bring clouds that really obscured our views.

In the end we had an amazing day outside!

Today is our day to hike. Our original plan was to hike down the Bright Angel Trail but from our experiences the previous day we were concerned that it was going to be too slippery.

The first part of the trail was a gentle incline then it came to a part that was sunny so all the snow had melted. This gave us the confidence we needed to continue on.

Beaver and Moosie came along as well.

Looking back to where we started.

Eventually we came to a series of switchbacks that were to steep to do without additional traction so we played it safe and turned around.
Instead of giving up we decided to hike some of the other trails such as the Rim trail and the start of the Hermit trail.

I decided to go out to take some photos after dark. We had a full moon and it made for some interesting lighting.