September 4th – 19th, 2011. Arizona is the land of red rock. What we learnt it is also the land of hoodoos. Our journey started with a 2.5 day guided photography tour, followed by 12 days on our own.
Our stay in an in-park hotel on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon provided quick and easy access to the sights of the Canyon, but not the highlight of the trip. Monument Valley was dramatic in its bareness but deep in charm. I wanted to stay two days but one day was available at the hotel. It turned out this was sufficient. Our stay in Zion was possibly the highlight. In part because (at least on my part) it was unexpected. The scenery was diverse and interesting. We included a day- trip to Bryce Canyon which was diminished by rain and cloud.
Our return took us to Sedona where we played a round of golf at Seven Canyon Golf Course, the once prize course now in decay with bankruptcy.
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Grand Canyon
Read more: Grand CanyonWe left Sendona early in the morning and drove up to Flagstaff, turning on to highway 180 to highway 64 entering the park from the south entrance. We arrived early, around 9:00. That gave us a full day to cover Bright Angle Trail, the central part of the Rim Trail and then take in the…
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Burning the Candle at Both Ends
Read more: Burning the Candle at Both EndsWe started our first full day with an early morning, pre-dawn march along the Kaibab Trail. This followed catching the sunset at Mohabe Point the night before. Kaibab Trail is good; spectacular views and before 7:00AM on a bright day, the light is perfect. The trail is short at about 2 km return with an…
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Page
Read more: PageWe arrived in Page, Arizona at about 11:30AM. Our planned rafting ride down the Colorado was scheduled to start at 1:00; we were asked to be there 30 minutes early. We left our hotel in the Grand Canyon at about 4:45AM. We stopped at Lupin Point, Navajo Point and Desert View (all within the…