Look further below for my entry for the 4th. I'm adding pictures now, and they show at the top, since they're more recent. PS: When you click on the map link, you'll have to zoom out a ways to see most of the route.

Honestly, I dont' know why the south rim gets all the noteriety. Somehow I found the Eastern end more dramatic, somehow.

This is the gratuitous bike by the grand canyon shot.