Its 17f at night. Brrrrr! Warms to almost 50 next day. Having passes we cruised into the NP just to check it our and got a first glimpse of the Grand Canyon.
We scoped things out a bit and determined that we needed to take the red bus route out to Hermits Point. Of course that is a 7 mile walk along the canyon rim, but we started off with good intentions.
It's hard to put the canyon in perspective until you can see people around it.
As we turn around the other way we can see this snow capped mountain near Flagstaff, AZ
The scenery stays pretty spectacular. Then it gets better......
You know you have climbed a bit, out of breath. I guess 7000 feet does make a difference.
Along the way we spot a local resident. Glad to see they are still around.
Of course you have to take a group picture.
And then you get back to the spectacular scenery of the Grand Canyon
It is pretty awesome to see the Grand Canyon from the tourist point of view. Definitely a tourist trap in the Grand Canyon Village and surrounding area. So if you want to really know the Grand Canyon you will have to book an excursion, best is probably the multi-day river trip. Otherwise, you will get a tourist's view as we did. Not a bad thing.....
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