Blogs from Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, United States, North America - page 45

Today we took the tour from the hostel to the Grand Canyon, and what an excellent day it was. There were only 4 of us plus the guide on the tour, and we had a great laugh all day. Our guide, Michael, made us close our eyes and led us to the edge of the canyon before we were allowed to open them and gaze upon the natural wonder spreading out before us. WOW! It truely is amazing, photos can't really do it justice. After some time walking around the view point, we moved on for lunch to a new location and ate our food on a rocky ridge overlooking the canyon, not for those with vertigo. In the afternoon we trekked for a couple of hours down into the canyon on the Kaibab trail as ... read more

If you haven't done it yet, you must travel to the Grand Canyon. My 22-year-old son and I flew into Vegas for five days. We drove to Hoover Dam, explored Red Rock Canyon, and topped off our trip with a sightseeing flight from Vegas to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. We took ATVs from the little airport/lodge located on a working cattle ranch 10 miles into the canyon. We stopped along the way to have some interesting sights explained, as well as to learn some folklore, and to learn about the plantlife and the rock formations. When we finally got to our destination, we were 700 feet above the Colorado River. There we roamed around and were treated to some humbling sights. I have never felt so small yet so connected to anything in ... read more

Ok, so where was I? We were half way to the Grand Canyon right? The first thing I remeber about the Canyon was stepping off the bus and into the freezing cold wind. It was bitterly cold - but oh so worth it. The Canyon was amazing. I knew everyone said that photos you see do not do it justice, but I didnt appreciate how true that is. We were very lucky and had decided to stay over night and not take the one day tour (5hours out there and then 2 hours in the park and 5hours back didnt really appeal to me but we were the only ones on the bus tour that had opted for overnight...). It was just heading into sunset time when we arrived in the park so we didnt even ... read more

I couldn't head back to Los Angeles without visiting the Grand Canyon. It was a horrible drive from Las Vegas, but the view made up for that. I was going to stop at Hoover Dam along the way, but it was completely crowded with tourists and there were no parking spaces left anyway. Besides that, the heat was eating me alive. Other than that there are literally no other places to stop at along the way. There were plenty of tourists at the Grand Canyon, but amazingly not as many as there were at the dam. I wasn't expecting the Canyon to be so rich in colours. The rock layers each showed a variety of colours, and seeing a Canyon so huge like this is definitely something to "Ooooh" and "Ahhh" over. The Squirrels at the ... read more

After waking up on the beach with a wicked hangover (just me, not anybody else) we set out on our next really looooooooonnnnnnnnnnggggggg drive. Along the way we stopped for lunch along Route 66 (America's first paved highway) at a tiny town called Selligman. Apparently it was meant to be a ghost town but this one guy loved it too much he decided to keep it going, now its just a tourist attraction. By this point I really wasn't feeling good and to make matters worse my nifty digital camera decided to stop working. So borrowed photos from other people. Anyway, our destination was the Grand Canyon. After setting up camp quite quickly we headed to the canyon and hiked about a mile down. It was not too hard going down but quite difficult when we ... read more