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I spent three fine days at the Grand Canyon late last month...just now got around to loading the pix into the computer. One day I hiked along the top of the South Rim, the next I ventured a way into the canyon twice. This is the Bright Angel Trail, just below the rim, early in the morning. The Lizards are taking a break here.
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Deep into October, the low sun angle enhances light and shadows. Pix are good most of the day except an hour or two either side of noon.
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In the afternoon my friend Jeff and I hiked about a quarter of the way down the canyon on the Kaibab Trail...about a mile and a half horizontally, and 1100 feet vertically. In our younger days we both trekked all the way to the river here...Jeff did the round trip in a single day! Them days are gone over the hill, but we didn't do a bad job for a couple of Medicare guys. The mule train was resting at our turnaround point. Jeff and I can't ride the mules...you have to weigh under 200 pounds. Even when I was in good shape thirty years ago I was marginal. Now...no way.
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The Lizards made this trip too. They had an easy time of it...they rode down in my pack.
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Gnarly dead trees always make fine pix in the canyon.
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On the way back up the trail toward the rim, it was convenient to stop and every photo opp.
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Fine, soft late afternoon light.
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Looking down on the Kaibab Trail. We hiked up that??
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This picture was taken the day before when I hiked along the South Rim west of the Village.
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The Bright Angel Trail.
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A gap in a juniper reveals the inner gorge.
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A better shot of the inner gorge. The black Vishnu Schist there is over one and a half billion years old.
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Another fine gnarly tree.
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This chasm is called the Abyss.
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I love the canyon. It's a power spot. I enjoy just finding a quiet place to sit on the rim and contemplate the beauty and majesty.
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