Photos #3 - North Rim, Grand Canyon

Over a thousand photos between us, I've whittled them down to this selection to show you all! Say hello to the North Rim.

         
                     
                              

We had a few clouds over the Canyon, but I think it just helps make it all look more atmospheric. And of course, the gorgeous blue sky still remained.

The large room with giant windows over looking the Canyon, is the reception area and viewing deck of the North Rim lodge. It was quite surreal to look out of, and rather quite impressive.

More photos to come - sunrise and sunset over the Canyon.

Photos #2 - The Drive

Setting off from Flagstaff on Tuesday, we headed for the Grand Canyon's North Rim. It was a very long drive, with roads that just seemed to go on forever. But we were lucky enough to have the mountains and huge rock forms surrounding us, amongst the vast Arizona sky.

Here are some photos that were taken along the drive there:

                                        






 
                                                                       Once at the North Rim of the Canyon, it was surprising to see the vast amount of trees that there were lining the roads and surrounding areas. There was also quite an eerie and sinister sense from parts of the surrounding forest where there had been a huge fire that had stripped and burnt down hundreds, if not thousands, of the giant trees, as seen in the last photograph.

The weather was much cooler in the Canyon compared to Phoenix and Flagstaff, most of the time it stayed around 85F and got cooler and breezier the further up you climbed.

And on our way driving out of the Canyon and towards Page today, we encountered some wild bison by the road side!

Photos #1 - Lees Ferry

Hello! We've had a slight change of plan, we were meant to be staying at the Grand Canyon for another night. But since we have been up and photographing since 4am (yes, really) and after being there yesterday too, we had gone to every point in the park by 11am this morning. So we checked out, and moved on again to a place called Page. 

The plan still stands to head to Sedona tomorrow. But it is so good to be back in civilisation. Although the log cabin we stayed at in the Canyon was nice, it was ..as they say, rustic. And that's to say the least, no electricity or hot water! So yes, yes I will quite happily accept the prospect of a warm shower tonight, and a bed that isn't too small, and electricity. Now I tell a lie...there was a form of electricity in the cabin; however, this was just a small hole, the worlds most un-legitimate power socket, as it was in an old pipe that appeared to have been just drilled into one of the logs which made up the cabin. Safe? I think not. Not to mention the lack of air conditioning, are you serious? This is Arizona!

So please be prepared for the utter photo-bomb that's about to occur on this blog. First up... Lees Ferry: