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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We did that last summer. Great trip. We went for 10 days and it wasn't long enough. As far as best time, because it gets so hot, I prefer the fall. [/quote]

I think this is a myth or maybe it just depends when/where you go.

We did north rim Grand Canyon and Bryce and Zion in late Aug (like Aug. 20-26) and we were fine.  It ranged from 43 degrees in the mornings to about 89 degrees on the hottest day in the afternoon.  True, it is 30 degrees hotter at the bottom of the grand canyon -- but we didn't go there.  We also didn't do Moab/Arches -- so I can't speak to that.  My strategy was to stay on EAST COAST time and use that to our advantage.  So, for instance, we'd get up at our normal EAST coast time which was either 2 or 3 hrs different than local time (depending where you are).  So, yes, we'd get up at 5:00 a.m. sometimes (which was really 7:00 or 8:00 a.m. to us) and then use those "early"hours to drive to our next location so that we could hike or do a planned activity during the coolest parts of the day.  On other days, we would wake up and do our activities at that location, then use the hotter mid-afternoon part of the day to drive to our next spot.  It wasn't really *that* hot, but we still arranged our day to have activities during the 9am-1pm (local) time and then again later in the evening.  It worked out really well (although we often ate hot breakfasts for lunch b/c we were ready for lunch at 10 a.m. local time -- which was noon or 1:00 to us).  Don't be scared of going during August.  Look at weather underground or another site and see what the temps really are.... it's not always what you've heard.  [/quote]

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