Blogs from Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, United States, North America - page 48

11hrs drive from San Diego is the Grand Canyon, we got there at about 7pm - we travelled along route 66. Stopped at a real live diner in a place called Needles. The Hungry Bear, and the big portions of food would have certainly attracted bears in Yosemite. The Canyon itself is about 5-6000ft deep and very impressive - I doubt the photos of it I have taken will do it justice - your sense of depth perception just gets totally screwed - every thing beyond a certain distance looks completely flat, 2D, like you could almost just step out right into it. That's also known as the 12 second tour - the time it takes to fall to the bottom. I witnessed one of the best sunsets I have ever seen, must be all the ... read more

As a child, we stopped briefly at the Grand Canyon. I remember how grand it was. The canyon seemed to go on forever, but more so, I knew it was deep, and I couldn't see the bottom. It seemed beyond life like to me, and I retreated to the safety of our car. Fast forward, it was summer of 1994, the year of my 20th high school reunion. Part of my vacation was to see old high school chums, the other part of my vacation was to tackle the Grand Canyon. I wondered what it would be like to hike this canyon. Could I pass the "test", or would it test me? I told friends and family that I wanted to hike the canyon. I didn't know North Rim from South Rim, all I knew is ... read more