November 10, 2016 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 10 °CAfter 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!
November 9, 2016 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 20 °CWe 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.
November 9, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 27 °COn 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!
November 8, 2016 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 11 °CWe 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.
November 8, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 17 °CThis 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.
November 8, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 13 °COn 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!
November 8, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 10 °CWe 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.
November 7, 2016 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 8 °CMost 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 theRead more
November 6, 2016 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 11 °C
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 eitherRead more
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