Drove from Flagstaff KOA to Grand Canyon Trailer Village Campground at Canyon's South Rim (10-16). $35 a night for full hookups Right there in the Park. My (Bill) Senior National Parks Pass allowed free entry into the Park Plenty of visitors from all over, but not busy. About every 15 minutes, shuttle buses pick up at campground and run to about a dozen Canyon overlooks as well as other park facilities including stores, restaurants, and post office. We got our first view before sunset. Breathless! Spectacular array of colors on the rock formations and vegetation. Though photos do not show depth of the canyon our cameras really snapped. Here's a few from the Train Station vicinity. Most of the better pics are relative closeups, because at 18 mi wide, you can't effectively see stuff more than half way across. From most overlooks, spectacular rock formations that fill the canyon obscure the Colorado River (about a mile down). Anyway, here's our first views of the Grand Canyon.
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| Hopi House (reconstructed). |
In the AM (10/17). I (Bill) got up early, took shuttle to the rim, and walked a couple miles east of Train Station stop. Here's some of what I saw.
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| Near the end of my walk, but not the canyon. I'm guessing the river is maybe 5 mi straight out. |
Before noon, Beth and I shuttled to the Train station and to the overlooks to the west. Sound travels better than sight across the canyon. It was possible to hear distant helicopters in the canyon near the north rim, and not see them.
From several of the stops, the Colorado River was visible. The rest are just awesome scenery
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