After a week of us both working, finally a day off together. Yesterday morning, we met Beatriz, (one of my co-workers), at the El Tovar Dining Room for breakfast. This was the first time in two summers that we had patronized the famous lodges restaurant, and we weren't disappointed. Patty had Trout & eggs, I had an omelet, and Beatriz had eggs Benedict with salmon. We spent about 2 hours visiting, and then, we decided to drive to Cameron on the Navajo Indian Reservation.
Cameron isn't a large community, but the Cameron Trading Post has been there for a long time, and many of their wares are authentic Navajo arts and crafts. The price of some of the blankets, pottery, and baskets were in the several thousands of dollars. The trading post includes a restaurant, motel, and a gas station. Located on Highway 89, at the Little Colorado River, I got a few pictures of the old suspension bridge over the river gorge. Even though the bridge is fenced off to the public, at least it wasn't torn down when the new highway bridge was built.
The old bridge has a new purpose, supporting a gas pipeline.
On the drive back to the park, we stopped at Lipan Point, where I snapped a few pictures of this magnificent canyon. This particular part of the canyon is near Desert View, and is at the eastern end of the Grand Canyon National Park. This is where the inner gorge begins, and as the river continues to cut it's way farther down into the earth, this deeper part of the canyon is about 1,000 feet deep near the South Rim Village. 
This white water is the Hance Rapids, and they are about 1 mile in length.
Looking east from Lipan Point.
It was nice to see some new scenery, even if only for a few hours. Today, I'm back to work, and Patty has one more day off. In some ways, the summer is passing very quickly, and in other ways, it's dragging ever so slowly. The slow part is raising it's ugly head this morning, as I head back to work for the next week!
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