Totally true, and a great plan.The trick we found is summer is OK as long as you are willing to wake before dawn.. Go out see the sunrise and enjoy the park until 10. Then go in and take a nap/relax until after 3. After 3 you can start to go out again and enjoy the sunset.
That was how we enjoyed the grand canyon. The first day we stayed out past 10, I was shocked at how quickly the park filled with idiots. (There was one family. The teen boy was standing on top of this pillar nothing around him but a steep 2 mile drop, he had to have jumped from the ledge to get on it. And there was his mother watching him taking pictures) But its seemed most left a little after 3 and you could enjoy yourself again.
When we had a choice though, we'd travel in the shoulder seasons: spring/fall and just pull the kids out of school for a week. Figured they would learn more with us anyways. But I know that's not an option for everyone.
We've been thinking about taking a trip to the North Rim and Toroweap. Haven't been there since I was a kid, and sat on the edge of the canyon as my mom freaked out.
. Go out see the sunrise and enjoy the park until 10. Then go in and take a nap/relax until after 3. After 3 you can start to go out again and enjoy the sunset.
it was a lot of fun, hope to go back someday.
