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=== Dinner at "Plaza Bonita, Tusayan, AZ ===
 
On Friday we had dinner at the [https://plazabonita.com/ Plaza Bonita, Tusayan] based on the recommendation of our tour guide Sam..Food recommendations are not, as they say, "Sam's thing".  I was not impressed. Nor, near as I could tell at least, were my dinner mates. The food looked good, the portions where generous, and the chips and salsa were OUTSTANDING. Take my advice and stick with the chips and salsa.  Even the cheese dip was not good.  Honestly.  I would lie to you about cheese dip, it's not in me.<br>
=== Dinner at "We Cook Pizza and Pasta, Tusayan, AZ ===
After a busy day, and being on a short carb hiatus, we had dinner at the conveniently located "[https://wecookpizzaandpasta.com/ We Cook Pizza]" restaurant near the iMax and Buck Wild in Tusayan.  Our tour guide had recommended it, and there we good reviews onlineIt was actually quite tasty, and I over-ordered (16" didn't sound that big...) and I think I enjoyed the bread sticks more than the pizza, but it was all good.<br>


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=== Stargazing / Astronomy Night at the Visitor's Center with Dean Regis ===
It just happens that Thursday night was Jupiter's closest approach to Earth, and [https://astrodean.com/ Dean Regas] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Regasdea wiki]) (formerly of the Cincinnati Observatory, where we had previously met him during an Open House) was in the park leading a stargazing evening.  He had recently 'retired' from the Observatory, and was [https://www.threads.net/@deanregas/post/DAgN7dhP7Mu in town] to do a Rim2River (starting on the north rim, and North Kaibab Trail), stay a few nights at Phantom Ranch, and then hike up the Bright Angel to the south rim, and hosted the astronomy night beforehand.<br>
 
 
 
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Friday 27 September

Hermits Rest

Friday was a pretty open day.



Dinner at "We Cook Pizza and Pasta, Tusayan, AZ

After a busy day, and being on a short carb hiatus, we had dinner at the conveniently located "We Cook Pizza" restaurant near the iMax and Buck Wild in Tusayan. Our tour guide had recommended it, and there we good reviews online. It was actually quite tasty, and I over-ordered (16" didn't sound that big...) and I think I enjoyed the bread sticks more than the pizza, but it was all good.


Stargazing / Astronomy Night at the Visitor's Center with Dean Regis

It just happens that Thursday night was Jupiter's closest approach to Earth, and Dean Regas (wiki) (formerly of the Cincinnati Observatory, where we had previously met him during an Open House) was in the park leading a stargazing evening. He had recently 'retired' from the Observatory, and was in town to do a Rim2River (starting on the north rim, and North Kaibab Trail), stay a few nights at Phantom Ranch, and then hike up the Bright Angel to the south rim, and hosted the astronomy night beforehand.




Go back to Thursday the 26th or on to Saturday the 28th