Grand Canyon
At the beginning of Our Adventure, we were a couple of hundred feet below sea level, now we are over 6000 feet above sea level. (Things expand at this altitude…). The other thing of notice – temperature! It is only 26°C – the coolest yet….
We are staying just outside of the Grand Canyon entrance in a small town ( hotels, gift shops, restaurants) called Tusayan. We are staying at the Best Western, and after the long day we stayed here for dinner. Food was actually quite good… Todd had his salmon and I had my beef (everyone happy and satiated…).
A great benefit about staying in Tusayan is that you don’t have to drive – there is a shuttle that takes you into the Park. The Grand Canyon! Wow!
We are at the South Rim area. We took the orange shuttle in the park to the available stops east of the area. No need for a selfie stick when Todd has his trusty fisheye lens !
We took pics, we walked, we were in awe….
The Park has a lot of wildlife throughout. Wandering just off the road from a bus stop was one of the many Elk we saw throughout the park.
Next day, we started out just after 9AM – back to the park on the purple shuttle to take the red shuttle to the west side of the South Rim.
The views were as breathtaking today as yesterday.
We walked the majority of the red trail. (It didn’t take long to reach 10,000 steps on the Fitbit…) Each vantage point offered a different perspective.
Some facts – The Grand Canyon is 446 km in length; at its widest point it is 29 km across; it is 1800 m deep; The Colorado River runs through the Grand Canyon (averaging 10,000 to 20,000 cubic feet of water per second flow since 1990).
While walking the trail and taking in the view, flora along the way also caught our eye….interesting shaped trees…
….Banana yucca…
Walking the trails was so peaceful. Most of the time, we didn’t see anyone.
Todd did a few yoga poses with the Canyon in the background.
We travelled to the end of the red route (Hermit’s Rest) and by then our feet were crying to lose the hikers and return to Birks, so after one last look…back to the hotel.
Next Stop Las Vegas !