Grand Canyon views from Saddle Mountain trailhead

Take a drive out of the park and into the Kaibab National Forest for more Grand Canyon views from...

Part 16 Flying home from the Colorado River trip over Grand Canyon Day 5

After four glorious days floating 138 Colorado River miles it was time to return to the North Rim which meant flying over Grand Canyon to...

Just because…

…I can share a couple more images from the Fence Point campout.

 

MWT – Fence Point

What better to do with a two day weekend than go camping at Fence Point for free. Just before heading out of the park we saw a herd of beefalo. But I was more impressed with the views of Grand Canyon from camp which you can read more about here.

Scenic Sunday – Balancing rock

The building blocks of nature hold strong until the power of erosion overcomes. From the floor of Grand Canyon one feels infinitesimally small in the scheme of life. Yet the energy that surrounds fills the soul.

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SWF – USA clouds

The night sky presented the greatest show above Crazy Jug Point. See previous post and Mike’s post for the earlier acts. Doesn’t this cloud formation look like the southeastern part of the United States?

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Going camping

It’s been a little stormy looking over the canyon lately, but not much rain.

Yet we’re taking our chances and going camping in the Kaibab National Forest on our first multiple days off together since Mike started working several weeks ago.

View from Crazy Jug, one of those points is Parissawampitts

So many choices. I think I’ve whittled it down to Parissawampitts or Crazy Jug Points where we can park the truck camper almost on the North Rim of Grand Canyon. Then rest and enjoy the view or take a hike on the Rainbow Rim trail.

Smoke from Saffron Fire above Grand Lodge

With the predicted light winds from the west we shouldn’t be affected by the smoke from the managed Saffron Fire further south near Swamp Point.

And if we don’t like it, we can move. More when we get back.

Neither rain nor sleet nor snow......

Left the South Rim about 11am after clearing at least 10 inches of snow off the truck. And it was still snowing.

Park roads had been plowed.

20 miles out of the park the roads became clear and wet.

Williams looked blanketed in white where I entered the freeway.

Yet 30 miles down the road blue patches glowed over Ashfork.

The first stretch of Highway 89 the sun showed, briefly.

Then in Chino the storm closed in again.

Iron Springs Road winds through the snow speckled hills.

Very wet snow clung to the foliage.

By Skull Valley the snow turned to sleet then rain.

But the snow returned along the rise...

...before Kirkland.

And followed me back to Highway 89.

Where I could see hope the white stuff would stop as I approached Peeples Valley.

After 4 hours, I experienced a small reprieve when I got Home and enough time for Mike to help me unload the truck. Got a little snow here with some howling wind.

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Beautiful day for a drive to Grand Canyon

I dressed for the occasion. Hey it’s cold at 7,000 feet.

Left the house about 11:30 this morning, no rush. Drove past the “lovers” boulders just before Prescott.

Then on past Prescott towards Chino, the other side of these mountains.

By the time I approached Williams signs of winter were quite apparent.

And then I headed north into the park.

I arrived about 4pm, parked and headed for the rim where I saw El Tovar throwing out a blanket of white.

That’s the North Rim over there showing snowy streaks of white down the canyon walls.

Scenic Sunday - Dreaming of summer

When the water line is frozen like this morning, I don’t have or need an outside thermometer to tell me it’s cold. So I’m dreaming of a warmer summer morning overlooking Grand Canyon.

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Scenic Sunday - Grand Canyon

View from Point Imperial
I miss this place so thought I’d post a reminder just how fabulous and gorgeous and unbelievable the Grand Canyon is.

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Road Trip

I will be off camping for the night in the Kaibab National Forest. Going to try for Locust Point which overlooks the Grand Canyon. Hope to post pics tomorrow.

Have a great day!

Sky Watch Friday - The Sky is Falling into Grand Canyon

Storm over Dog Point
When I was out fossil hunting last week (I know, still haven’t posted the fossils but I’m working on it) the sky changed so rapidly I could barely keep up taking photos. This is what it looked like when I arrived at my camp spot overlooking North Canyon, one of many side canyons, this one out of the park but still part of the Grand Canyon.

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