“In the Grand Canyon, Arizona has a natural wonder which is in kind absolutely unparalleled throughout the rest of the world.” - Theodore Roosevelt
Welcome to the painters paradise that is the Grand Canyon. One of the most stunning and immense stopovers I’ve done yet. I decided to take a new route home to LA from Colorado, and went to the Grand Canyon on a whim. I woke up at 4am to be sure to get there by sunrise. Unfortunately it was so overcast, I didn’t get the full canyon effect. I also had my dog, who was only allowed along the top trails of the rim. So she literally went from the Florida beaches straight to the snow of the Grand Canyon within days. The best part of the trip other than marveling at the beauty and stopping for a moment to just breathe and take it all in, definitely was the dog playing in snow for the first time.
I can’t wait to go back for a couple of days and I really think hiking down in there will feel like such a metaphysical and pure experience. Waking up to those fire red sunrises exposing band upon band of aged red rock with millions of years of geological history. Being surrounded by old rocks, and wading through that Colorado River which carved this beast of a canyon 5-6 million years ago will be something I could never experience anywhere else. I have my own love story with the Grand Canyon. She taught me with her ever changing river, that change happens when as much as we don’t want to leave, we know we can no longer stay. Because it’s your road, and your road alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you. So let’s go on this cosmic dance that we call life.
South Rim
We started our trip coming in from the East side down into the South Rim. We followed the main road stopping at almost every lookout point and trail that we possibly could. As I’ve said with all my posts, and is probably getting so old by now, but pictures will never do this place justice.
