Ben and I woke up early to walk the campground trail looking for birds. We didn’t see many birds, but it was a nice walk in the cool, cloudy weather. Without any sun, the colors of the Canyon along the trail are muted and grayed.
We drove about 5 miles up to Inspiration Point, but the cloud cover is still with us making photography difficult. We then drove 20 miles out to Cape Royal where the sun began peeking out and we were able to get some good photos of the North Rim and the Colorado River. We did a 1 mile round trip hike to Cliff Spring through red sandstone with views of the Grand Canyon.
After lunch, we said goodbye to Grand Canyon North Rim and drove back through the Vermillion Cliffs and north to Page, Arizona. Page is a small town (9k people) that serves as a gateway to the Glen Canyon recreation area and Lake Powell. It has restaurants, shops, and even a movie theater; in other words, we’re back in civilization!
We checked in at the full service campground and headed out to the new Walmart to stock up on supplies. Jack has complained the last couple of evenings that he thought he had a fever, but it was barely over 99, so he soldiered on, but at Walmart, he started getting a pain in his lower abdomen. We returned to the RV, Jack rested and we had dinner, watched a little cable TV and read.
Jack’s fever increased to about 100, so he called his family physician who returned his call (after midnight Eastcoast time) and said if he develops any other symptoms, to see a doctor. Jack’s pain worsened during the night, so at 4, we decided to head to the small hospital in town. I filled the fresh water tank and dumped the gray and black tanks “just in case” and drove the 10 minutes to the hospital – one benefit of traveling in the RV was Ben just stayed in bed. The doctors checked him out, did lots of tests and weren’t sure what was going on, but knew he had an infection and needed antibiotics.
We checked in at the full service campground and headed out to the new Walmart to stock up on supplies. Jack has complained the last couple of evenings that he thought he had a fever, but it was barely over 99, so he soldiered on, but at Walmart, he started getting a pain in his lower abdomen. We returned to the RV, Jack rested and we had dinner, watched a little cable TV and read.
Jack’s fever increased to about 100, so he called his family physician who returned his call (after midnight Eastcoast time) and said if he develops any other symptoms, to see a doctor. Jack’s pain worsened during the night, so at 4, we decided to head to the small hospital in town. I filled the fresh water tank and dumped the gray and black tanks “just in case” and drove the 10 minutes to the hospital – one benefit of traveling in the RV was Ben just stayed in bed. The doctors checked him out, did lots of tests and weren’t sure what was going on, but knew he had an infection and needed antibiotics.
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