Blowing Along: Grand Canyon

One of the things that we had hoped to see while on this trip was the Grand Canyon. However, as our route had taken us further south we didn't think that we wanted to pull the trailer up and then back south. M came to the rescue when she asked if we had ever seen it. She said that she would take us on Monday while C stayed home and worked. It was nice to have our own guide. Since she has hiked down into it and been there several times we saw more and learned more in less time that we would have without her.

It had snowed there on Sunday so the wind at the overlooks was cold. This time B brought a sweat shirt and his jacket. I just brought my jacket and wished that I had brought a sweat shirt along too. We did hike from one view point to the next so that helped to keep me warm. You can take the bus.

M said that she always wondered why they just didn't build a bridge across the canyon. Then, when she saw it for the first time, she understood.

We were on the south rim looking at the north rim. Many of the people who go in start at the north rim and take the bridal falls route, which this pictures shows, and hike out on the south as it is not as high. The bridal falls area is actually a fault line that crosses the canyon.

This shows the fault better.

This shows some of the trail on the south side. Notice the brown spots in the left lower corner. Those are roofs. I zoomed on this. This is a rest area and where some will stay if only going down part of the way.

This show the same area without the zoom.

These are of the trail going down on the south rim. We were out on a point looking back. Note the snow.

Remember that I was zooming in on these.

While we were there a storm started building on the north side. By the time we left it was closer to us. We even went through a few snow flurries on the way home.

C told M not to fall in before we left. Every year they loose a few people.

There was a ledge a few feet below.

At the furthest point out we saw three bull elk. We had seen some cows driving to get to the canyon. Note the broken horn in the first one. They were all pretty skinny.