Grand canyon, United States Travel Blogs

Grand Canyon Helicopter Ride! Hell Yeah!
Jul 5, 2008 (108 photos)

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 ...

Backroads to the Grand Canyon
Apr 23, 2008 (20 photos)

... 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
Jun 11, 2008 (16 photos)

... 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
Jun 15, 2007 (28 photos)

... 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 and ...

The Grandest Canyon
Feb 8, 2007 (10 photos)

... 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. ...

It is a Grand Canyon
Feb 7, 2007 (22 photos)

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 ...

Exploring One of the Wonders of the World!
Mar 5, 2008 (56 photos)

... 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!!!
Jun 1, 2009 (14 photos)

... 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).

No Ass.
Jan 25, 2001

... 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 purchase.

Exploring the Rim
Dec 4, 2005 (5 photos)

Grand Canyon National Park to Kanab, UT
Sep 22, 2006 (17 photos)

... 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
Jan 8, 2007 (28 photos)

... 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. This ...

Visiting THE Canyon!
Jul 11, 2006 (16 photos)

... 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 " ...

1672 Grand Canyon
Jan 8, 2007 (19 photos)

... 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 ...

Winslow, AZ to Grand Canyon National Park
Sep 21, 2006 (8 photos)

... . 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 Angeles and ...

Saturday 17 May
May 25, 2008 (8 photos)

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 ...

Road Trippin'
Dec 3, 2005 (1 photos)

I think i've drank more in the last two ...
Aug 16, 2002 (15 photos)

... 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 area ...

Grand Canyon North rim
Aug 7, 2007 (25 photos)

... 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 ...

Grand Canyon
May 9, 2006 (23 photos)

... 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 ...

Day 3 - Grand Canyon
May 13, 2008 (16 photos)

... 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
Jun 9, 2009 (14 photos)

... 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 ...

Grand Canyon
Jun 12, 2007

Wow!

Ladies and Gentlemen: The Grand Canyon!
Sep 23, 2009 (17 photos)

... 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 – completely.& ...

Cez puste a hory juho-zapadnych USA - diel 2
Nov 28, 2004 (11 photos)

... 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 sme ...

All along the Watchtower
Aug 21, 2008 (21 photos)

... , 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 this ...

Grand Canyon
Nov 1, 2008 (28 photos)

Grand Canyon   We hadden gisterenavond nog geïnformeerd om een helicoptervlucht over de Grand Canyon te maken. De weersvoorspelling zei echter dat het bewolkt ging zijn dus besloten we af te wachten wat voor weer het effectief zou zijn. Nu kijken we ...

Grand Canyon Nationa Park
Jul 18, 2002 (20 photos)

... village in Ohio.     February 3, 1783    Spain, Russia, Sweden and Denmark recognize the United States of America.     April 11, 1783    Congress declares a formal end to the Revolutionary War. & ...

The Grand Canyon
Mar 31, 2007 (8 photos)

We were both really excited about seeing the Grand Canyon and we weren't disappointed. It's so big though that it's really difficult to get a perspective on how big it really is. We did a walk around the western side of the South Rim and even saw a Condor ...

Cottonwood Campground to North Rim
Nov 9, 2009 (2 photos)

... Yes, you can shower with 1.5 L and "smart soap"…provided it is 5 Celsius, so you rush and you just climbed up from Grand Canyon. Cottonwood to the rim was a strenuous hike up with the camping gear. And a little bit of bragging will not hurt here: 3. ...