Blogs from Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, United States, North America - page 6

I visited the Grand Canyon a few years ago on a day trip, so knew what to expect of it. But even with foreknowledge, that great big rent in the Earth is still something breathtaking. And that's not just due to the elevation. Left Lake Powell in the morning and drove through the Painted Desert. Lunch was on the Navajo reservation. Yum, fry bread with honey! The trading post at Cameron could easily suck in all my money, it has some incredible things, but I was able to restrain myself. Got to the Canyon in the mid-afternoon, and made a stop at the Desert View and a couple of other places before heading to our hotel, the Thunderbird Lodge on the rim of the canyon. Had an early dinner (with a view of the canyon), then ... read more

The Grand Canyon was breathtaking. The color of the canyon walls were a variety of orange, red, yellows that were stacked in giant layers. The first day we set up camp in the Kaibab national forest. The following three days were a a blur of activity ranging from me solo motorbike riding in the outback to Stacy taking a solo hiking trip to the bottom of the canyon and back......28 mile round trip......I of course stayed back at camp, drank beer and made a huge camp fire :)... read more

Left in early for the South Rim, a 130 mile drive. We retraced the road north out of Kaibab Forest that we had traveled after dark two nights before. Spectacular landscape, 2,000 foot cliffs above us, crossing the Colorado river before it enters the Grand Canyon. Drove into the park via the Desert View Road from the east. Stopped at look outs along the way and reached the visitor's center by 3 PM. We stayed to listed to an unhappy ranger give a talk on the endangered Condor then joined Joanie and Tony at our campsite in Williams (55 miles south of the Canyon, much too far away). The next day we rented a car and drove to the Canyon. Took a bus to the the West from the visitor's center and hiked trails along the ... read more

Woke up and it was nice and sunny, great we thought, had pancakes for breakfast to keep me going on the hike – not actually into the canyon but along the rim and off we set. First we walked to the Bright Angel Trail to see where Howard had hiked back out from before, we went a short way along the path down and got to a corner and before I knew it I was running back up the path with my mind going get out get out!!!! See its’ sheer drops and no barriers I just cannot do them!! Howard played about taking photos of the trail paths – he had not seen them properly when he came up before so it was great for him to actually see what he had done. He didn’t ... read more

20. august, dag 8 Route 66 til Las Vegas, 92 grader farenheit (33 grader celsius) Mulig vi skulle hørt på countrymusikk, men her går det i Radioresepsjonen. «Yes, yes. You see what i mean David?» Jeg gikk akkurat tom for batteri på videokameraet mitt, så det blir ikke mer video av Route 66. Det blir derfor tid for å skrive litt, siden landskapet igjen er ganske ensformig. I natt overnattet vi på et hotell langs Route 66 i Flagstaff. Hotellet reklamerte med WiFi, men det klarte ikke min maskin å finne. Det var greit, for vi måtte komme oss tidlig i seng. Men først var det Chinees Star Restaurant der man kunne forsyne seg så mye man ville, inkludert drikke, for 8,75 dollar – dette er kanskje mer økonomisk her i USA der porsjonene er så ... read more

So we are getting towards the end of the tour now but today we head to the Grand Canyon, one of the 7 Natural Wonders of the World. Now I saw the Grand Canyon back in 2000 and something & to be honest wasn't that impressed. We flew in from Vegas & landed on the South Rim & all I can remember thinking is "it's just a bunch of rocks". After the incredible Bryce Canyon a few days back it will have to be something special today. Luckily it was quite cool this morning....only 86 degrees at 9am!!! It's around a 2 hour journey from Page & across Arizona. So it's IPOD on & I start to make an attempt to add up how much I've spent! I have to say even with the dollar being ... read more

Today was the last day of our grandkids trip and we had lots to pack in. 1st off, catch the 8a.m. shuttle bus to Hermit’s Rest for the Junior Ranger/Family Hike. We haven’t been to Hermit’s Rest in many years and think that we just stopped and looked much like yesterday, but we didn’t even know about the trail so this was all new. We got to the trail and found the ranger, there was only 2 other people, a father and his son so we were lucky to be in such a small group. The Hermit’s Rest trail is mostly unmaintained which means that it is rocky and uneven. It is really a beautiful trail but steeper than the Bright Angel with many steps carved out of rock that are tall. I think that it ... read more