Seen the Grand Canyon yet?

[derby378]

Poll question: Seen the Grand Canyon yet?

Vote below - and share some pics with us!

[Wilber_Stool]

1. Saw it from an airliner

at 30k feet. I was impressed.

[sakabatou]

19. Same here.

[Mr. McD]

28. Took the Grand Canyon Railway

It doesn't stay stay long at the canyon but was a nice ride.

[Webster Green]

2. I understand that the fundies are trying to declare it null and void...

Everyone should visit while they have the chance.

[AntiCoup2K4]

15. Yeah, I heard Cheney wants to turn it into a nuclear waste dump...

Owned and operated by HELLiburton, of course :grr:

[leftofthedial]

3. backpacked

south rim to north rim

[Deep13]

24. Wow!

That's quite a trek. My wife and I went to the North Rim just after it opened for the year in 2002. A week before it was 100F in Pheonix, but it was snowing on the North Rim. We also went to the G.C. Star Party in 6/03 on the South Rim. Coming from humid, flat and light-polluted Ohio, the skies seemed pretty amazing.

Hopefully, we will do the sourthern part of Bright Angel this Xmas. Last year we wanted to but we had no time to train for it with all the campaign activies.

[Jara sang]

4. Yes, South and North Rims

I like Utah's slot canyons better though.

[progmom]

5. south rim

...but i accidentally clicked the wrong option.
i'll try to dig up my pictures today.

[Demit]

6. What, did the North Rim fall off?

[derby378]

8. OK, OK, I've added it to the poll ;)

[Demit]

10. Phew! That's better! :)

Except I had voted for Other already, so your poll is now hopelessly skewed. Sorry.

[lpbk2713]

7. Two things I'd like to see out West....

Grand Canyon

and



Monument Valley

[T Roosevelt]

9. Not enough of it

and I want to see it from the water - a raft trip through the canyon would be awesome...

[catmandu57]

11. Southrim 1981, northrim last year

Marshmallow and I, I'm doing my officer Garcia impression.

[UrbScotty]

12. Yes - then I threw up a half hour after leaving.

Yep.

[derby378]

13. Got our kicks from Route 66

Here's a shot from the Diamond Creek trail on the Hualapai reservation - some wonderful scenery here:

[JanMichael]

14. We'll be there with several other DUers in three weeks!

a GC DU meetup!

How cool is that?

[catmandu57]

17. Very cool

North or South?
I really liked driving down that long meadow to the North rim, this is the end of it.

[giant_robot]

16. No, but I'm hoping it will still be there when I get around to it. n/t

[RagingInMiami]

18. Last year when I left Phoenix on a road trip back to Miami

I drove up to Vegas to see a friend of mine and I made a detour to get to the west rim of the Grand Canyon. It is the only part of the canyon, as far as I know, where you are allowed to drive up to the edge and there is no rail, a la Thelma and Louise. I had my tripod and a remote switch, so I took these shots.

[derby378]

20. Very cool!

You didn't have to go on a guided tour? I heard the West Rim was only accessible to those who paid $30 for admission.

[RagingInMiami]

22. That is an option, but not a requirment

That problem with the west rim is that you need to drive through a 22-mile dirt road to get to it. It wouldn't be so bad if you had an SUV, but it sucks for a little Honda Civic as I learned when one of my tires fell apart on the way back. I had to drive on a spare to the nearest town, I think it was Kingman, where my second tire fell apart.

[derby378]

23. Considering we were in a rental Taurus...

...it was probably best to avoid the West Rim. There was the added benefit of bragging that we drove on Route 66 at long last.

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

21. I need to see where Noah's ark sailed.

the Grand Canyon was formed by gods magic work in Noah's time by the flood, right?

well thats what there teaching anyway..

[tk2kewl]

25. Be sure to check out Havasu Falls on the Havasupai reservation

[EstimatedProphet]

26. I've seen a lot of it-I used to work in it

Saw all the rims, pretty much

[XNASA]

27. Mrs. XNASA is there right now!!

She took her mother to the GC for her 75th BD. Last night was their first night in the Park. They will be there until tomorrow morning.