GRAND CANYON, AZ
THURSDAY 7/19/12 - Located in the state of Arizona, the Grand Canyon is carved by the Colorado River. It is 277 miles long, up to 18 miles at its widest, and attains a depth of over a mile - 6,000 feet.
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As we're driving along we begin to see evidence of the Grand Canyon.
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The chasms are getting wider and deeper.
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Llegamos! - We've arrived!
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0183 2012-07-19-193 12:30 Indian Watchtower at Desert View, on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon within Grand Canyon National Pa
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This location was chosen for the Watchtower as the best and most expansive view of the Grand Canyon. The watchtower was built w
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Southern Rim
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Panorama
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We are at the Northeast View
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Panorama
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Enjoying the left side of the lookout are Cindy, Mike, and Norma.
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The right side of the lookout
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No picture, no words, can describe the depth and breadth of the Grand Canyon, the sheer size of it. It HAS to be experienced to
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Some vegetation is beginning to grow.
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Arizona Thistle, a plant that's adapted to the desert.
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We're still exploring the Southern Rim.
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Another view to make you catch your breath.
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Cindy and Norma
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Common Raven
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The Inner Gorge begins here. That's the Colorado River cutting through the rocks below.
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The Gorge and Platform explained
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A little closer look at the Colorado below.
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Panorama of the Inner Gorge and Platform. It's time to eat.
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We have lunch at the Grand Canyon's Tovar hotel at the North Rim.
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El Tovar was built in 1905 and Presidents have stayed here while visiting the Grand Canyon.
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More about the history of El Tovar
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The view at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon
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The Rim Trail can be dangerous and you are warned to stay away from the edge. We decided not to explore it. Not much later we
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Still exploring the Northern Rim of the Grand Canyon
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Mom wouldn't go anywhere near here
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This would give Mom vertigo and she sure wouldn't have let us sit on that ledge.
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Are you crying yet, Mom?
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People are busy taking self-portraits
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I might as well take one, too.
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Mike has nerves of steel and no fear of heights.
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Cindy, Daniel, Mike, Tom
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Mom? Mom?! Somebody get some water, the woman has fainted from looking at the pictures!
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We'll be leaving any minute now.
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It looks like a movie set.
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Am sitting on the ledge, but am leaning forward and hoping this picture gets taken real quick!
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Before we leave, a bit of an explanation about the layers and layers of rocks.
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Our last look at the Grand Canyon. Tomorrow we begin the long drive home.
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Daniel checks out the The Hopi House. It was built in 1905 with local sandstone and juniper and is modeled after Hopi dwellings
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This campground at the Grand Canyon makes me smile. I'm an Eagle Scout so I'm used to wildlife while camping, but I prefer squir
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FRIDAY 7/20/12 - Driving back home to Casa Grande we stop at the Oak Creek Canyon, a river gorge in AZ between Flagstaff and Sed
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