On our way to visit the Grand Canyon this morning, we overshot our turn off by about half an hour. We did catch some nice scenery before we realized our error - among which were 6 double trailer UPS trucks parked side by side - resting? I intended to take a picture, but my driver went by much too fast - slowing down or stopping would have been nice, but oh well!
Once we made it back to where we should have turned, we decided to have lunch at the Cameron Trading Post. Since my maiden name is Cameron, I naturally had to stop. I ordered a Navajo Taco - it's an open face taco with Indian frybread instead of a tortilla. Fortunately I ordered a "mini" - I couldn't even eat all of that! I checked out the gift shop, which contained the usual overpriced trinkets - the most expensive items were the native made items, and I couldn't quite bring myself to buy "native" trinkets made in China or other foreign countries!
It took us about an hour to get to the east entrance of the Grand Canyon National Park (South Rim), and once again I was glad that I had the National Parks Senior Pass - the entrance fee was $25, but with the pass, it cost us nothing. Very nice. My first glimpse of the Grand Canyon literally brought tears to my eyes! Its grandeur is truly amazing! We walked to the Desert View Watchtower. I was assured by a nice lady that I could handle the climb to the top floor - she assured me that I could rest between flights. So we made our ascent - all 86 steps. Piece of cake after the 87 steps at the Houston Control Center. The only difference here, though, is the altitude is much higher which does, of course, make a difference! The views were really something - I was even able to get close enough to the windows to take pictures. We returned to ground level and walked out almost to the railing - it's a good thing you don't have to walk all the way to the edge to get a good look at the beauty of the Grand Canyon.
We drove through the park, stopping again for another view of this glorious wonder! We also saw these beautiful black ravens - they were enormous! Our last stop was at the Visitor Center and then we headed back to Flagstaff. There has been so much great scenery on this trip - I will never tire of seeing the beauty of nature.
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