Day 11 - Grand Canyon National Park

Trip Information

Time: 9:00am (pacific) - 12:00 (mountain) - 14 hours
Total Distance Traveled: 6215 miles
States: NV > UT > CO
Current Destination: Grand Junction, CO
Next Destination: Denver, CO

Daily Dialogue

We woke up around 9-ish and headed out to the Grand Canyon.  We had about a 2 hour drive... with a stop or two in between, we hit the GC around 11:30.  We parked and made our way to the GC.   What an absolutely amazing site to see in person.  It's difficult to form a mental image of "miles across" and "a mile deep."  But when you see it, you realize just what those terms mean.  Seeing it puts it into perspective and that perspective is almost unbelievable.  I said to BP, "It looks fake."  It was almost like we were looking into a window.  The natural curvature, carvings, colors, types of terrain, etc. give it so much character and make it so unique.  The pictures, as usual, cannot even begin to give this natural wonder justice.  I posted a few of my favorites below.

We departed for Denver around 3:30pm.  It was about an 11 hour drive so we decided to get as far as we could.  We didn't get much sleep the night before so we were pretty tired.  We ended up driving for 8.5 hours and landed here in Grand Junction, CO.  On the way, we stopped and took pictures of the Little Colorado River Gorge (just as incredible as the GC) and some photos throughout the Indian Reservations (Navajo, Mojave) we traveled through on our way through AZ and UT.  These reservations were over 100 miles of sand storms, tumble weeds, high winds, large dunes, massive rock structures, and very few abodes.  Photos below.


Canyon Photos

Wide-Angle Canyon Photos

Little Colorado River Gorge Photos

Indian Reservation Photos