Blogs from Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, United States, North America - page 39

We spent one full day at the grand canyon. We would have spent more, but we're trying to get to New Orleans by the 8th. My experience in the canyon made me want to go back when we have more time. I'd love to get all the way to the bottom, then up the other side. I'd never seen it before, Brandi had only been there once, it was amazing. The canyon just goes on and on for days, with all these distinct different colors along the walls. We couldn't even see the bottom from where we were. We hiked down into the canyon, we saw three condors, which is rare. Later we found out they were in the skies because a while before we got there a pack mule had fallen off the trail. You ... read more

It was cold and snowing here in the eastern USA and after 5 hours of flying, I arrived in Phoenix with temperature in 80s F. What a contrast ! Sometimes I wonder if we are even in the same country. Arriving in Phoenix, got the rental car for 4 days. Roaming around Phoenix for a day then heading north to Sedona. Spent a night there then off to Grand Canyon. Continued north bound, arrived in Page and spent a night there to visit Antelope Canyon.... read more

'Yuck Grand Canyon' (as Allie once said) was my first thought as we arrived at the south rim. After driving hundreds of miles past boring landscapes and a disappointing Monument Valley (i.e. the 'mittens' were visible only through a zoom lens!), the Grand Canyon seemed less than great, and exceedingly commercialised. It didn't help that I took my mood out on Alex! However, we soon recovered, and saw that they don't call it the Grand Canyon for nothing. It is very wide, very deep, and try and find a flat surface anywhere but on the top! The haze in the sky tinted the whole canyon purple, which looked pretty but made photography difficult. Despite racing as far as we could to see the sunset, we would recommend that others try to view it from the north ... read more

La veille, nous avons roulé de Monument Valley jusqu'au Grand Canyon et sommes alors entrés de nuit dans le parc, c'est à dire sans payer! Après une nuit particulièrement froide (du moins pour moi qui n'avait qu'un sleeping bag allant jusqu'à -7°C) sous la tente, nous avons profiter d'une bonne partie de la journée pour aller faire une balade dans le fameux Grand Canyon. Il faut tout de même avouer qu'il est impressionant, tellement immense qu'aucune photographie ne lui rendra jamais vraiment hommage. Pourtant, c'est tout ce que nous avons à vous offrir.. En fin d'après-midi, nous sommes reparti vers le nord-ouest en direction de Zion National Park et avons passé la nuit (et le réveillon de Noël) dans le stationement d'une grotte touristique fort méconnue et qui le restera puisque nous ne l'avons évidemment pas ... read more

We started heading west again towards Grand Canyon and stopped for a brief look at Meteor Crater and the museum there. Meteor Crater was the first crater ever identified as such on earth and is still the best preserved. Also saw some pueblo ruins out on the plains here, just scattered around the place but not open to the public. Made a short stop in Winslow for the obligatory “standing on the corner in Winslow, Arizona” and was actually quite neat because there were heaps of shops for Eagles stuff and also the famous Route 66, which makes its way through the towns next to the current I-40. Was a little sad really because all these towns would have been bustling and crowded when the Route went through them but are now relatively quiet and struggling ... read more