Update, had to wait for good internet again, sorry folks. New pictures are of the Grand Canyon. Will not have many captions as the pictures speak for themselves. Of course, the stops on the shuttle were all named, but not pertaining to the view, mainly from the explorers who were the first to get there. There are a few pictures where it is raining in the canyon. It was amazing to be standing on the rim and seeing it raining hard in the canyon. Unfortunately, we were evacuated from the canyon trail for a short time due to the lightning, but we had no sooner gotten back to the transfer point and they reopened the route, so we got back on and returned to the rim. I was able to get some pictures of a partial rainbow, but we did not get to see a complete one.
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| 'More' resident raven at Hermit's Rest at end of shuttle route |
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| Late afternoon at Grand Canyon |
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| Another late afternoon at Grand Canyon |
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| Sunset at visitor center |
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| Bull elk at Grand Canyon |
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Elk family at Grand Canyon, bull was not far away, rut season is just starting
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| Deer at Grand Canyon |
Our next stop after the Grand Canyon was in the Flagstaff area and we have a few pictures of Sunset Crater Volcano and the area around it.
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| Sunset Crater Volcano |
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| Red cone near Sunset Crater |
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| Red flowers growing in volcano ash area |
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| Twisted trees in volcano area, the twisting gives them more strength for winds and snow |
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| Pueblo ruins in same area |
We then traveled to Holbrook AZ to the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest. Here are the pictures from there.
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| Painted Desert |
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| Painted Desert |
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| Painted Desert - Tepee Area |
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| Painted Desert Inn, restored by the CCC |
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| Petrified Forest Log, just being uncovered |
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| Logs falling down as uncovered |
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| Petrified Log - Agate Bridge |
Support was added years ago, they no longer do this, they let nature take it's course.
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| Largest petrified log, Old Faithful, plus some guy. |
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| Petrified Wood |
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| Petrified Wood |
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| Petrified Wood, colors are unreal |
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| Another One |
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| Cactus blooming in Petrified Forest |
Within the park, they have an area where Route 66 went through that area and they have this to mark the area.
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| Gee Dear, shall we take it home to restore??? |
We are now in Carlsbad, NM and today was a day of record amounts of rain in this area, and this is suppose to be a desert area. We did not do any touring today due to this. Hopefully tomorrow we will be able to do the caverns. Today they closed it at 1:00 due to flooding. Will keep our fingers crossed for tomorrow.
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