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United StatesAfter 1,044 miles of driving, about 9 hours in the air, and countless miles hiking the beautiful western national parks, we're back home - tired and happy. We have many wonderful memories of an amazing trip!
United StatesWe finished our adventure with a show at the Luxor hotel in Las Vegas, the Blue Man Group. There was lots of silliness and creative music. A great way to relax on our last night on the road.
United StatesOn our way from the Grand Canyon to Las Vegas we stopped at the Hoover Dam. We took a tour which included a movie about the making of the dam and a guided tour of the power plant, which was 500 feet down inside the dam. It is very impressive. The base of the dam is over 600 feet thick!
United StatesWe took another bus tour, this time to the west end of the southern rim. It had three stops for viewing the canyon, with the last one watching the spectacular sunset over the Grand Canyon. Very beautiful.
United StatesThis was our only hike during our short stay at the Grand Canyon. This trail goes all the way to the canyon floor, but had time to go down a half mile. It descends rapidly and has a number of switchbacks. The biggest challenge was dodging the mule droppings. It was nice to get a view below the rim.
United StatesOn the eastern end of the southern rim is a structure called the watchtower. Built in the 1930's, it has three levels inside with large windows for viewing. It gave amazing high views!
United StatesWe had a very nice bus tour this morning and stopped at several viewpoints. Each stop had a different spectacular view of the canyon. The bus driver gave us a lot of interesting information along the way.
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Most of the day was spent traveling from Zion National Park to the Grand Canyon. We could not believe the grandness of the scenery the entire way - from high red rock cliffs to thick forests to vast desert plains in the shadows of mountains. We took some pictures, but they just don't capture the view well at all.
The pictures are of the Colorado River, one of the views on our drive, and a coupleRead more
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This was one of the most amazing hikes we've ever taken! A one mile hike along the Virgin River then about three more miles IN the river going upstream. Some of it was along the banks because the water level was low. But often we we knee deep going against a strong current.
The cliffs on either side of us were incredible. They were so high that we couldn't get the whole scenery in one picture.Read more
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