Fools for the Canyon

So Michael and I headed up to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon this weekend. We checked out the North Kaibab National Forest to do some car camping on the rim. We drove out on FR 214 and went out to Parissawampitts Point. It is a pretty good view through the trees of the Grand Canyon along the Rainbow Rim Trail. There is a decent campsite at the point about 75 feet away from the rim.
We were considering camping there when two young hippy/backpacker types pulled up in a passenger car about 5 feet away from our car. There was plenty of other room to park, so I didn't know why they pulled up right next to us. We had our doors open and were checking out the campsite. I smiled at them and they barely smiled back. They got out and looked at the trail map and then came back to their car and sat in it looking at maps for about 10 minutes. It was very awkward. We didn't want to interrogate them to find out if they planned on staying and they didn't initiate any conversation with us.
So then they started the car and moved it another 10 feet away from us. The guy got out of the car and took out a couple backpacks, rooted around for a bit in the trunk and pulled out a cooler. Then they got on some jackets, put everything back in the car and headed out to the trail. Michael and I were thoroughly confused and then we started getting pissed off that a couple of yahoos were trying to bogart our campsite. They had no wood; we had lots of wood. They looked wimpy and the possibility of them trying to "share" our fire became clear. I didn't feel like being social with quiet weirdos, so we headed back to explore more points (there are quite a few points).
After a couple more points, we found the PERFECT site. It was heavenly. The rock fire ring was about 30 feet away from the edge of the canyon and it was so private and not just at the end of an easy-to-get-to dirt road. A passenger car would have had some problems getting through some of the muddy pits through which we drove. As we unpacked our gear, we scolded ourselves for trying to camp at such as easy spot without doing much exploring (Parissawampitt is in Frommers!). It's so unlike us not to explore the area. Those hippies did us a HUGE favor by kicking us in the butts and reminding us to look around and the perfect site will be found!