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Legend: Red circles denote cities where we have friends who we visited and stayed overnight. Blue circles stand for other places we stopped by. Green symbols are for campgrounds.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Sunday 9.8. (Grand Canyon)
We spend the whole day at Grand Canyon. Our campsite is directly at the Grand Canyon Village, a short walk from the shuttle bus stop (in the whole park there are several lines, no charge). We get to the Kaibab outlook, where a downward trail inside the canyon starts. We do not go too far to the river but still are pretty sweatty (even if the walk is more pleasant than in Zion or Yosemite) and have several nice views along the way; in the morning there is a fog inside the canyon but till noon it disappears and the view is much better. Beautiful day -- we are pretty lucky to have such a weather. The hike lasts only 3 hours and the rest of the day we spend driving the bus routes and making short hikes along the canyon. The lunch is at Grand Canyon Village, even if originally we wanted to cook something (which delayed the dinner). In the morning, it should be 4 C degrees cold.
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