Bright Angel Lodge and Cabins Grand Canyon National Park

Leaving the glitz and glam of Vegas behind, we ventured on down to the Hoover Dam, straddling the Nevada/Arizona border. I'm no civil engineer, but even I have to admit its extremely impressive to say the least. It's extremely large for a start. Considering how old it is, I can't even imagine how much trouble it took to build it. They do run tours of the works, explaining what it does, why and how, but I was too cheap to be going on that, so I just stared at it for an hour. Leaving Nevada beh...

Partenza ore 7:00 destinazione Grand Canyon... con la nostra Ford Fusion targata California abbiamo percorso circa 450 km per raggiungerlo, ma credetemi ne avrei fatti anche 700 ne vale la pena è qualcosa di indescrivibile... le foto non rendono giustizia alla sua bellezza!!! Qui abbiamo visto Alci, Condor, Scoiattoli e Cerbiatti e abbiamo ascoltando il silenzio!!!

We left the lodge and travelled around the south side of the Canyon De Chelly. We stopped at all the overlooks for David and Ellen to take some photos. Once again we saw the ruins of the ancestral Puebloian sites inside the rock ledges. Canyon de Chelly is a beautiful place to visit, and is a sacred Navajo Reservation. This is still the home of modern day Navajos. As we stopped at the overlooks, many Navajo people were selling their merchandise. We bought some of these, and it was interesting...

Well we weren't sure what to expect when we got here as we had already seen a gaping hole in the 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 you could see at in, the view looked the same. There were a lot of tourists here once again because it's easily accessable by car or giant *****...

Drive to S. Rim. Drove over Marble Canyon & crossed Little Colorado River - drove thru painted desert (I drove entire way). Made numerous stops along roadside Navahoe gift shops. Made a couple of scenic stops approaching rim on Rt. 64 & arrived at Bright Angel Lodge 7pm. Had dinner @ main rest - walked over to El Tovar & back for a drink at Lounge @ Bright Angel - up early AM for river trip. 5/17 - Got up early to meet for River Trip. Found out it was very windy on the trip & ...

It's on my "to do" list!

Hey all, well this will no doubt be my last travel entry for my trip around the united states. The trip has been an absolute blast. Since my last entry we've done alot of triping around the countryside. We've been to South Lake Tahoe to go skiing for a few days over Christmas. From there Jenni and I went to visit her friend Jamie in Sacramento for a night where we scored getting onto the VIP list for one of the hot spots for nightlife - cover charge is normally $20 at this nightclub!! From th...

Saturday 10th September 2005 Some of this entry is actually travelling from last night from Las Vegas to Flagstaff, Arizona. We managed to catch our bus to Kingman, Arizona where we would catch the connecting train to Flagstaff. The bus left the airport terminal early and it was only by chance we walked past some guy shouting 'anyone leaving for Kingman'! There were no signs and lots of people complaining! Our luggage was loaded onto one bus and we left on another....I was worried sick about ...