Grand Canyon - Page 3

Happy Monkey · 03-02-2005, 12:42 AM

The trail, continued...

Happy Monkey · 03-02-2005, 12:46 AM

We hit one more overlook on our way out of the Grand Canyon area. By this point the fog was rolling back in.

Happy Monkey · 03-02-2005, 12:51 AM

Back on the road, we eventually came across the Little Colorado River. If this canyon weren't so close to the Grand Canyon, it would be a natural wonder in it's own right.

Happy Monkey · 03-02-2005, 12:57 AM

The next day was spent skiing. No interesting pictures pictures there. But the day after that, we headed back to Tent Rocks. It was snowing this time, which was preferable to rain, so we made it all the way to the top this time.

Happy Monkey · 03-02-2005, 12:59 AM

More Tent Rocks.

Happy Monkey · 03-02-2005, 01:03 AM

An imposing "villiage" of Tent Rocks:

wolf · 03-02-2005, 01:03 AM

Absolutely amazing! Sounds like an awesome vacation.

Happy Monkey · 03-02-2005, 01:05 AM

And a lone, dessicated tree marks the top, and the end of the journey. We headed home the next day.

Happy Monkey · 03-02-2005, 01:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 404Error

Great pictures, HM!

I so have to go there. I just have to stock up on camera batteries and CompactFlash cards.

Thanks! I brought with me two 256MB cards and one 128MB card, and had to buy another 256MB while I was there. At the shopping center on the rim they were $140! Luckily, we went by a Best Buy in Santa Fe a few days later, and I picked it up for $40. I ended up with 806MB of pictures.

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

Absolutely amazing! Sounds like an awesome vacation.

It really was. I'll be sore for a while...

xoxoxoBruce · 03-02-2005, 08:26 PM

Quote:

It really was. I'll be sore for a while...

I'll bet!...and skiing Too.

I found going down Bright Angel tore up my feet. Blisters on the tops from being jammed into the front of the sneakers. I didn't want to wear boots because we were going down the river by boat.

I'm going to steal your pictures of the trail. They are the best I've ever seen including the Park Service.

Happy Monkey · 03-02-2005, 08:46 PM

Thanks! I just wish there hadn't been quite as much washout in the brighter areas.

Until late in the planning stages I was planning to go down in sneakers. I'm really glad I sprang for boots the day before we left. Luckily, modern boots don't need much breaking in. I only had one hotspot on my heel which became a small blister the next day, and healed up without popping pretty quickly.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-03-2005, 12:25 AM

That's why god gave us Photoshop.

BigV · 03-03-2005, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

HM, if you can swing it, check out Grand Canyon National Monument, downstream, on the north rim. At the Park the river is 5k ft down but also 25k ft "out". At the Monument the river is 3k ft down but only 1k ft "out".
Have a safe journey.

I see all these beautiful pictures and then ponder the god-a'mighty river that cut the ground. It boggles the mind.

Awesome, awesome.

Happy Monkey · 03-03-2005, 07:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

That's why god gave us Photoshop.

Accentuating the red on that second one almost makes it look like lava on the fading monitor I'm using right now.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-04-2005, 04:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigV

I see all these beautiful pictures and then ponder the god-a'mighty river that cut the ground. It boggles the mind.

Awesome, awesome.

Think how many snowflakes had to melt to make that river.

03-02-2005, 12:42 AM	#31
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	The trail, continued... Attached Images __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

03-02-2005, 12:46 AM	#32
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	We hit one more overlook on our way out of the Grand Canyon area. By this point the fog was rolling back in. Attached Images __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

03-02-2005, 12:51 AM	#33
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Back on the road, we eventually came across the Little Colorado River. If this canyon weren't so close to the Grand Canyon, it would be a natural wonder in it's own right. Attached Images __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

03-02-2005, 12:57 AM	#34
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	The next day was spent skiing. No interesting pictures pictures there. But the day after that, we headed back to Tent Rocks. It was snowing this time, which was preferable to rain, so we made it all the way to the top this time. Attached Images __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

03-02-2005, 12:59 AM	#35
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	More Tent Rocks. Attached Images __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

03-02-2005, 01:03 AM	#36
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	An imposing "villiage" of Tent Rocks: Attached Images __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

03-02-2005, 01:03 AM	#37
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Absolutely amazing! Sounds like an awesome vacation. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-02-2005, 01:05 AM	#38
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	And a lone, dessicated tree marks the top, and the end of the journey. We headed home the next day. Attached Images __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

03-02-2005, 08:46 PM	#41
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Thanks! I just wish there hadn't been quite as much washout in the brighter areas. Until late in the planning stages I was planning to go down in sneakers. I'm really glad I sprang for boots the day before we left. Luckily, modern boots don't need much breaking in. I only had one hotspot on my heel which became a small blister the next day, and healed up without popping pretty quickly. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

03-03-2005, 12:25 AM	#42
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That's why god gave us Photoshop. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 04-07-2007 at 06:57 PM.

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