Pining for the Fjords

In Part 1 , we camped for one night in Prescott, and we were on our way north, heading toward the Grand Canyon. All settled in at Ten-X! We made it to the Ten-X campground, just south of the city of Tusayan (itself, just south of the south rim of the Grand Canyon), around 2:30pm on a Thursday, and we headed around the Hermit Loop to find our home for the next two nights, spot #39.  One thing we learned this trip was that, when we're booking a site, we need to see if we can figure out which way the loops run in the campground and position ourselves so our awning opens on the better side of the site.  For example, you can see Arlene behind me in the picture up there - we ended up driving her the wrong way down this road, so we had our awning and door on the side of the site where the fire ring/picnic table were.  Ah, so many new things to learn! The map at Ten-X -  Site 39 is on the middle loop, the Hermit Loop After getting all situated, we unhooked the truck and headed into Tusayan

We had such a good time on our jaunt to Flagstaff back in July that we couldn't wait to take Arlene the camper out for another adventure!  We initially planned to head to Arizona wine country, specifically to Sonoita and Willcox.  Even though these cities are a few hours south, the elevation there is around 5,000 feet, so it's normally cooler than here in the valley.  However, after we started looking at how warm it would be - particularly how long it would take to cool down at night - we reconsidered our plan and booked some time up north instead. Relaxing our first afternoon at Ten-X Campground, near Tusayan. As we were tooling around Prescott on a day trip with the girls earlier in the month, Chris suggested spending one night there and then moving up to even higher elevations, perhaps near the south rim of the Grand Canyon.  Some internet searching led me to a neat, full-hookup RV park called Point of Rocks, just north of downtown Prescott.  The park is a short stroll away