Hi There,
It was now 4:30 AM on Wednesday morning. I couldn’t sleep anymore so I decided to head out on the road again.
I was heading to the Grand Canyon today looking for a place to land for a couple of days.
I crossed over the Hoover Dam- it was about 5 AM and still very dark out. At the check point the Officer asked where I was heading and where I had come from. Because the windows in the back of my SUV are tinted- he also asked me to roll down the windows so he could look into the back….guess he wanted to make sure I wasn’t smuggling anything. They were doing construction of the Dam, and there really wasn’t any place to pull over with all of the equipment. So I will come back to this area again and check it out more. Hopefully they will have a lot of the big cranes and things gone by then.
It was beautiful to see the sunrise as I was driving thru the mountains.
I arrived in Williams, AZ about 10 AM. I was seeing icy patches on the road…this was not a good sign as I was looking for a place to camp…and where there is ice snow is usually close by!! LOL
I made it to the Grand Canyon National Park around 11:30 AM. I stopped at the rangers station. The rangers confirmed what I suspected and that is that they still had a lot of snow cover up there. They said if I wanted to I could camp there…I checked out the camp areas but there was 1-2 feet of snow on the ground. Too much for me to set up a tent in.
This was my second time to the Grand Canyon. I was here in 2001 with my son David. The park still takes my breath away. There is no way to describe what you see here to truly let others know the beauty here.
In 2001 when we got back home I was telling my family about the experience….my brother said to me “ what is the big deal- it’s just a hole in the ground!!” Well a few years later he had the opportunity to visit the “hole in the ground”, when he got back- he apologized- he finally understood why I went on and on about what I had seen.
Everyone should try to visit this park…..It will take your breath away and reaffirm you faith in GOD and the creation of our wonderful planet!!
I spent the day driving along the south ridge and stopping at several of the vista / lookout points. If you would like further info about this park please see: www.nps.gov/grca
After leaving the park I was heading to Four Corners. This is where 4 states meet, AZ, CO, NM, UT. There is a Monument here, plus trading post/flee market type stands…. There are Indian goods made by Navajo Nation and food.
For more info on this area please see: http://www.navajonationparks.org/htm/fourcorners.htm
After spending about an hour at Four Corners, I was again out on the road- looking for a place to spend the night. I was up high in the mountains in Rio Grande National Park, and it was starting to snow quite a bit. After several hours of driving I finally found a rest area in South Fork, CO - for the night. It was very cold- so I dug out some more blankets…hoping that tomorrow would bring an end to the snow.
For more info on this area please see: http://www.southforkcolorado.org/
Enjoy the pictures!
See pictures in Album #134 ( for the Grand Canyon): http://picasaweb.google.com/Pandadmd5880
See pictures in Album #135 ( for Four Corners): http://picasaweb.google.com/Pandadmd5880
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