The Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon is on my Bucket List!
One of my dreams is to visit the Grand Canyon. My daughter was lucky enough to be able to visit the South Rim of the Grand Canyon when she was in Arizona. She graciously allowed me to use some of her beautiful photo's to create this website. Come, begin the journey with me to learn all that we can about the Grand Canyon as we enjoy her beautiful photo's together. "Hang on to your hats, there is a bit of a breeze this high, and please do not step too closely to the edge!" All photo's on th...

The Grand Canyon - Series II - The Peaks of the Grand Canyon
The Peaks of the Grand Canyon
There is a quote I saw on a sign in the Grand Canyon from a visitor long, long ago; "No language can fully describe, no artist paint the beauty, grandeur, immensity, and sublimity of the wonderful production, of Nature's great architect. (Grand Canyon) Must be seen to be appreciated." -C.O. Hall, Grand Canyon Visitor, 1895 I can not put it any better than that. In this part of the Grand Canyon Series you will see many of the Peaks of the Grand Canyon and the names of some. I have a topica...

The Grand Canyon - Series I - The Watch Tower
The Grand Canyon - The Watchtower
The Grand Canyon For those of you that have read my Bucket List, you know that it has long been a dream of my husband and I to see the Grand Canyon. We finally did it, we made it to the Grand Canyon in mid March of 2009! The Grand Canyon is absolutely incredible. It is so immense, it is absolutely huge. You gaze across this massive expanse of canyon and can not even take in how far you are actually looking. Mountain peaks that seem just a few miles across are over 70 miles in the distance. ...

The Grand Canyon National Park
The Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon is a massive geological feature in the state of Arizona. Due to efforts of conservationists, the region became a Forest Preserve in 1893 and was protected from unrestricted hunting and logging. Later, because of its popularity, the region was made into Grand Canyon National Park. The park covers over 1.2 million acres of land, and hosts nearly 5 million visitors annually. The formation of the Grand Canyon is a problem for uniformitarian geologists, but fits well into the fr...