Tuesday 6 January 2015

Grand Canyon, Arizona

Today we went to the Grand Canyon on the South Side, as the north is closed in the winter.
We left our place in Havasu Lake just after 9 AM, after the dogs had been walked and everything checked for the day.

There were some clouds in the sky which is great for Landscape photography, but the clouds disappeared by the time we had reached Kingman.

Before we even reached Kingman, we had a stop of about 20 minutes while an ambulance helicopter took off for Las Vegas with some accident victims.

As we approached Dolan Springs, there were hundreds and hundreds of Joshua Trees, which, we were unsure of their names at the time. Anyway, when you arrive, you have to take a bus to the three sites that the Indians have for you to visit.  Obviously this costs money, and it ran about 225 bucks for TJ, Darlene and myself to take the bus and also go on the famous "Skywalk".

There were 3 stops on the buses and they ran continuously, so you could stay at any site as long as you wanted. Since this was TJ's and Darlene's second visit, we passed on the first stop, which was a western town they had made up. Apparently you can go on horseback rides along the edge, learn how to rope and a few other things as well as food were offered.

At the second stop there is the "Skywalk".  It is truly quite impressive to see the Grand Canyon, and you can actually walk right up to the edge and look straight down a good mile to the bottom! We spent