Grand Canyon
Travel Blogs from Grand Canyon, United States
Backroads to the Grand Canyon
... so many great things about it but then also a few people had said how disappointing it was. When researching we discovered that the Grand Canyon is about 230 miles from Las Vegas. A bus tour would take 13 hours of which you would only spend 2 hours or so ...
Hoover Dam, Death Valley and the Grand Canyon
... fortune to go on it. So we turned around and continued our journey to the south rim. We saw signs saying that the Grand Canyon National Park was only a few miles away but ahead of us all we saw was barren desert landscape - for some reason we ...
Detours and Spontaneity
... and more importantly west) when I realized that the map showed the Grand Canyon mere inches away. I had no intention of visiting the Grand Canyon again on this trip, but it had to be done! So I continued even further north and out of my way ...
Grand Canyon Helicopter Ride! Hell Yeah!
We finally reached the Grand Canyon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Canyon and our first major park! After and overnight stop in Clay Springs AZ, we arrived at the Grand Canyon state park just in time for sunset on Thurs, 3 July. We didn't ...
Exploring One of the Wonders of the World!
... 's a new tree, or a new angle of viewing the canyon that I want to take another picture. Taking 5 billion pictures of the Grand Canyon still wouldn't capture what it is. Every minute the sun moves and changes the shadows and so what you see. ...
The Grand Canyon!!!
... still only touched upon so tiny a portion of the canyon, the wonder of the views gave a fantastic sense of the hidden beauty and danger below. The Grand Canyon has to be seen to be believed (I simply couldn't write anymore without waffling rubbish). ...
It is a Grand Canyon
As a kid, one of the major things you learn and hear about America is the Grand Canyon. We finally managed to hire a car for a good price and headed back to the airport to pick it up. On arrival at the desk we were told the computers were down ...
No Ass.
... flops. Naturally the bus herding the tourists stopped at a souvenir store, here I bought myself the cheapest warm item I could find. A giant hooded sweatshirt with GRAND CANYON emblazoned across it. Nice. Check: One stupid clothing ...
The Grandest Canyon
... way, it ain't exactly hard to miss. Letting my ears ring clear first on getting off the bus I wondered just how spectacular the canyon would be thinking to myself I had seen so many amazing natural wonders this year and that it's just a big crack. ...
Grand Canyon National Park to Kanab, UT
... National Park lands that says "Next gas 200 miles" is not that much to ask for, do you? We left the Grand Canyon after checking out sunrise and our campsite neighbor's complete and total lack of regard for the environment: ... and drove off ...
1673 Grand Canyon
... peak usually takes more time than necessary because of how controlled our steps are. Therefore I generally rush the descent. Nonetheless, Canyon hiking (and the Thira steps) is different because you descent, then ascend which is different than normal. ...
1672 Grand Canyon
... be very collegiate. After having seen the third consecutive young person with a backpack, we began to hypothesize how the Grand Canyon could operate as a college campus. The student union was the marketplace, complete with mailboxes nearby at the postal ...
Visiting THE Canyon!
... was only a few hours away. I didn't even think I would be going to Vegas so I never thought I would be visiting the Grand Canyon. The question was, "how were we going to get there?". Walking past the reception in the hotel we spotted a company called ...
Winslow, AZ to Grand Canyon National Park
... reservations. No worries, we'll stay at the no-hookup campground. Did I mention it's colder and much much much windier? The Grand Canyon is definitely awesome, in the true sense of the word... but the haze over it created by pollution coming from Los ...
I think i've drank more in the last two ...
... where we drove through the Hopi reservation before ending up camping at Canyon de Chelley. This canyon is a little different to the Grand Canyon and an important place to the Navajo Indians. There are a lot of ruins to see and travelling around the ...
Grand Canyon North rim
... and jet skis surrounded by huge cliffs of red/pink/white rock that change colours as the sun moves. Followed by the Grand Canyon North Rim which is so much quieter than the South Rim but just as spectacular.....we were desperate for accomomadation close ...
Saturday 17 May
Saturday 17th May This morning we woke and drove 100 miles or so to the Grand Canyon! As you are driving towards the National park, on completely flat countryside, it seems like you must be in the wrong place but soon we entered the Park and ...
It's a long way down
... describe how impressive this place is – the size and power of it is quite overwhelming. A few facts and dimensions: The canyon sprawls across 1.2 million acres, aged at only 6 million years, the stratas show a well preserved 2 billion year old ...
Grand Canyon
... ground at Canyonlands and loved the colours in Bryce so we thought nothing could amaze us now. Well we were right. ha! The Grand Canyon is pretty cool and it's absolutely gargantuan, but it was pretty hazy so details weren't great and from every direction ...
They don't call it 'grand' for nothing...
... to feel poorly again. We are keeping fingers crossed that he ‘mends’ overnight as we have another canyon jaunt planned for tomorrow. Good night from the Grand Canyon, Arizona. As Elwood would say, ‘how cool is ...
Ye Olde Grand Canyon
... that runs through the Canyons. Us adrenaline-deficient folks opted for smooth water rafting through the Glen Canyon to the edge of the Grand Canyon. That's where the water turns white and nasty. To get there we boarded a touristy bus in Williams and had ...
natural world wonder
Again I had to wake up at 5AM and take the bus to the grand canyon. The tour was pretty well organized with breakfast and lunch provided and nice seats, but it took a long time to get to the canyon and back so we could only spend 2 hours at the canyon in ...
Day 3 - Grand Canyon
... Canyon, but still worth it. Also, AZ 64 follows the gorge for a while and has great views. One surprise about the Grand Canyon is that you can only see the canyon from a few vantage points. The drive from point to point is in the heavy ...
Casey's and a Lot of Erosion
... that had a New Zealand license plate. On a lesser note we saw not one, but several Hawaiian license plates at the Grand Canyon. As evening approached, we hiked to a few of the more remote viewpoints and stood in a silent reverence of the ...
Ladies and Gentlemen: The Grand Canyon!
... , piled out and ran to look out at the valley just as the sun was setting. The funny thing about approaching the Grand Canyon from the South is that everywhere for miles around (with a couple of small exceptions) is completely flat – ...
Cez puste a hory juho-zapadnych USA - diel 2
... cislo 66, ktora vedie zo Chicaga do Los Angeles, ale uz sa nepouziva. A nakoniec sme skoncili vo vyske 2150 metrov nad morom v Grand Canyone. Ked sme tam prisli bola uz tma ako v rohu, vonku fucal vetrisko ako svet a zima zachadzala pod nechty. Kedze ...
All along the Watchtower
... , and it's now...... 11:30 pm. Just got to the hotel about an hour ago. ALL that on top of hiking a bit of the Grand Canyon and driving the craziest mountain passes yet.... Good Sweet Jesus! I'm tired. Oh on a side note.... on the way out of Flagstaff ...
