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Our Travel Adventures Western United States 2016
Day11
Back home!
November 10, 2016 in the United States
After 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!
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@ United States Franklin County Wonderland (historical) Port Columbus International Airport
Nov 10, 2016 at 7:16pm · Altitude: 253 m
39°59'54" N 82°53'2" W

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Our Travel Adventures Western United States 2016
Day10
Blue Man Group show
November 9, 2016 in the United States
We 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.
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@ United States Clark County Bracken
Nov 9, 2016 at 7pm · Altitude: 658 m
36°5'45" N 115°10'30" W
Our Travel Adventures Western United States 2016
Day10
Hoover Dam tour
November 9, 2016 in the United States
On 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!
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@ United States Arizona Mohave County Hoover Dam
Nov 9, 2016 at 4pm · Altitude: 287 m
36°0'56" N 114°44'16" W
Our Travel Adventures Western United States 2016
Day9
Watching the sunset
November 8, 2016 in the United States
We 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.
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@ United States Coconino County Grand Canyon Village Mohave Point
Nov 8, 2016 at 8pm · Altitude: 2,100 m
36°4'15" N 112°9'58" W
Our Travel Adventures Western United States 2016
Day9
Bright Angel Trail
November 8, 2016 in the United States
This 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.
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@ United States Coconino County Grand Canyon
Nov 8, 2016 at 3pm · Altitude: 2,095 m
36°3'25" N 112°8'28" W
Our Travel Adventures Western United States 2016
Day9
Watchtower grand canyon
November 8, 2016 in the United States
On 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!
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@ United States Arizona Coconino County Desert View Point
Nov 8, 2016 at 11am · Altitude: 2,289 m
36°2'26" N 111°49'37" W
Our Travel Adventures Western United States 2016
Day9
Morning south rim bus tour
November 8, 2016 in the United States
We 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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@ United States Coconino County Grand Canyon Grand Canyon Railroad Station
Nov 8, 2016 at 9am · Altitude: 2,111 m
36°3'26" N 112°8'14" W
Our Travel Adventures Western United States 2016
Day8
Travel day to Grand Canyon
November 7, 2016 in the United States
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 couple of the Grand Canyon when we arrived.Read more
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@ United States Coconino County Grand Canyon Grand Canyon Railroad Station
Nov 7, 2016 at 8:52pm · Altitude: 2,113 m
36°3'26" N 112°8'15" W
Our Travel Adventures Western United States 2016
Day7
The Narrows
November 6, 2016 in the United States
More pictures from this hike.
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@ United States Washington County Zion Lodge Heaps Canyon
Nov 6, 2016 at 8:05pm · Altitude: 1,300 m
37°15'0" N 112°57'25" W
Our Travel Adventures Western United States 2016
Day7
The Narrows
November 6, 2016 in the United States
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. We rented water shoes, neoprene socks, water pants and walking stick. It kept us warm and fairly dry.

After eight miles and five hours we were dead tired, but very happy we had this adventure!Read more
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@ United States Washington County Zion Lodge Heaps Canyon
Nov 6, 2016 at 8:04pm · Altitude: 1,300 m
37°15'0" N 112°57'25" W

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