Bright Angel Point Grand Canyon National Park

Since the sunset I saw the night before was so spectacular I decided to get up super early to watch the sunrise over the Grand Canyon. Anyone who knows me will find this shocking since I am not a morning person. I got up at 6:15 a.m. to get ready and needed to be at the Rim shortly before 7 a.m.

I had made plans to meet Donna and Lindsay …

... the Abyss. Whilst admiring the view and stopping for pictures, we took a slow walk back to Hopi Point for sunset at 7.45pm. After sunset we took the shuttle bus back to Bright Angel Point where we went for tea and then drove back to our lodges for bed. ...

... There were a few areas at the North Rim we wanted to visit, and our first stop was at the Roaring Springs Canyon/Bright Angel Point, where the North Rim visitor center and camp ground was essentially located.  There were numerous hiking trails in ...

... they were mostly obtained on the return journey! Anyways we walked back up and having already taken in the views from Bright Angel Point returned to civilisation, well Kanab anyway. The road to/from the North rim is surrounded by the 58,000 acres ...

... in places. You could definitely could see where controlled fires were done and trees in various sections burnt black. We arrived into the Grand Canyon National Park on the north side and took the 12 mile drive to the rim. Today is a great day to see ...

... ět podívat, kterak za obzor padá ta rozžhavená koule. Odtud je to zase něco jiného. Vyhlídka má název Bright Angel Point a je vzdálena cca 2,5 km. Vracíme se tudíž skoro za tmy s kručícími žaludky. Vítá nás ...

... more famous South Rim, it is still spectacular.  We checked into our "frontier cabins" at the Grand Canyon Lodge and walked out along the Bright Angel Point trail to enjoy the view in the late afternoon light.  Then we enjoyed our last sunset ...