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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

The Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona - Day 2

Day two we covered the orange line of the Grand Canyon shutter service, The South Kaibab Trailhead and Yaki Point. As it's less stops point compare to the Red line, we had more time to slowly enjoy the view





The South Kaibab Trailhead


there is a small narrow path way leading to the Colorado River













The ranger was nice enough to let us use his scope


Yaki Point



The shuttle bus for the orange line get is as far as Yaki point.
We then drove our rental car toward Desert View and did a few stopped over along the way

http://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/upload/desert-view.pdf
a better idea of where's where



The Grandview Point






Moran Point









along the way to Desert View there is also a small Tusayan Ruin and Museum.
It's really small but hey it's free and quite interesting



The ruin is rather small. It's said that Tusayan ruin is a remnant of a small village of about 30 people who lived here 25-30 years in the late 1100s






the architectural was typical for that period. Here builders used limestone blocks held together with mud


the name "Tusayan" was the Spanish name for the geologic area and was given to the ruin by archaeologists who excavated the site in 1930  



Desert View. The distance from the Grand Canyon Village to Desert View takes about 30-45 minutes without any stops. So it's not that bad



the watchtower


was designed by Mary Colter 1932


view form Desert view












Desert View is a MUST visit...it's really beautiful here




the interior of the watch tower i rather like it. lots of natural light. I wonder if it would be stuffy during the summer time?




there are alot of windows though










85 steps in total in the watch tower









view from the watch tower



paintings on the ceiling


wall


top of the watch tower




i love this view



one last shot before we head to another point for the sunset


Navajo Point. we could see the watch tower from here


but it's rather small


last stop Lipan point



lovely spot for viewing sunset


something to read while we wait for the sun to set


it really amazes me that one can see the same view and have a different feeling in different time of the day


love this picture...feels so at peace.


might look peaceful but damn was it cold


everyone getting their gear ready



waiting in patience









behind the scene... :D







all are equally beautiful.... hard to choose so i choose all


 i almost turn blue while waiting for the sun to set but it was worth every minute

wonder when I'll get the change to visit this place again. But then i might want to make a trip to Bryce Canyon, Zion and Monument Valley Navajo Tribe Park...so much to see

till next time

~ bye ~





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