The Grand Canyon 12/29/06

On Friday we spent the entire day at the Grand Canyon. Well, we did sleep in and we did hit the jacuzzi that evening. But in between we were at the Canyon. It was about 5 deg. celsius and not very windy. Quite nice actually.












There are many spots to take in the view. There is a "rim trail" that is paved and runs along the south rim of the canyon. We walked that trail for about 1-1/2 hours.













There are people in the photo below.































This was at a rest spot that I particularly liked. They had great hot chocolate and fresh baked chocolate chip cookies.












We then drove to this spot at the the west end of the south rim.













The view was fabulous.






































This is a hiking trail in the valley of the canyon. There is a lodge at the bottom (Phantom Lodge) if you choose to spend the night there. My understanding is that it takes about 6 hours to hike down and 10 hours to hike back out. We left that for another trip.

























Hiroe spent some time continuing with her life's work...






































...until this guy showed up. Actually he had a pretty cool old 4x5 wooden camera. Complete with the black sheet he put over his head.












I don't think the scenery was quite what he had hoped for as he didn't stay long.


















In all, a great day at the Canyon.