After living in Arizona for nearly two years, I made it to the Grand Canyon for the first time over 4th of July. A thunder storm rolling through kept the temperatures down, but led to some hiding from lightening strikes.
Mandatory Canyons Edge photo
Panorama shows some of the "Grand"ness
I parked at the south rim visitor center and started the day walking along the rim near the visitor center. After drinking in the views for a while and snapping some photos, we had a picnic lunch near the visitor center before jumping on the shuttle for Bright Angle Lodge.
I had no illusion of doing a rim to rim on Bright Angle, but I did want to dip below the rim as much as I could. Hiked about 2 miles and 2,000 vertical feet before turning around. Even this relatively short distance offered a pretty amazing change of perspective. The hike was followed by a cold beer at the Bright Angle Lodge.
View of Bright Angel trail from 2 miles down the Trail
Under the Rim
A lightening strikes prevented us from going to Hopi Point, so we headed back to the visitor center and jumped in the car to head over to the desert watch tower. Stopping at many of the points along the way.
View out the window of the desert tower
View upward of the inside of the desert tower
-James
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