Our friend Nancy Kissack arrived here at the Grand Canyon yesterday morning, and she and Patty spent the day checking out some of the sights. Her blog, Kissack Adventures is listed on this blog as one that we read. The pictures are from Patty's camera, and the format is different, thus the smaller versions. Not sure how to fix that. We have been expecting Nancy's arrival, and when she moves her 5th wheel trailer from the RV park in Tusayan, to the RV park here in the village, she'll be close to where we are. Her reservation is for a week or so, and even though we're both working, we'll still have some time to visit and do stuff while she's here. She cut short her stay in Laughlin due to the heat (114 degrees), and drove here via Route 66 between Kingman and Seligman. That's the longest remaining stretch of the old "Mother Road", and I've traveled it many times, mostly on the Harley. Once she started gaining altitude, the temperatures began cooling off, and now that she's here at the South Rim where the average elevation is around 7,000 feet, daytime temps are now in the 80's, and it cools off to the high 50's, low 60's at night.
One of the big questions on the horizon for us, is what happens if our government doesn't reach some sort of agreement on the debt ceiling by August 2nd? The rumors are running wild here at the park, but it's probably safe to say that the National Parks will be one of the first things to shut down if our leaders in Washington D.C. can't compromise about the debt and deficit. Not going to get into the debate, but in a week or so, it's entirely possible that Patty and I may be forced back into retirement a little bit prematurely.
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