coyotekid Report post Posted July 31, 2010 As one of my many forms of semi-employment I occasionally guide backpacking trips in and around Grand Canyon; that said I had a jaw dropping conversation with a particular young lady who I have been dating for a bit now. She informed me a week or two ago that she has now lived in Flagstaff for 5 years and never once even laid eyes on the the Grand Canyon! Lucky for her I've been known to know my way around. This brings us to this last week when we found a free afternoon to try and remedy her situation. After an afternoon of pulling out all my wild cards and going to some of the popular spots followed by some not so popular spots she admitted having a good time. We even ran in to some awesome lightning on The Rez coming home. I truly hope ya'l have made it up there at least a few times in your life, even though there aren't Coues deer up there (yet)! I just thought I'd share a few shot that I got while up there. hope you enjoy, -sam Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted July 31, 2010 Awesome! I like all the different angles you tried. And nice lightning pic! and you are right, people really need to get up there and enjoy the canyon if they have never seen it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bonecollector Report post Posted July 31, 2010 Nice pics, Sounds like you had a great trip! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coach Report post Posted July 31, 2010 Nice pix! IMO, some of the most scenic shots of the North Canyon aren't from the "tourist" spots, as you obviously know. I don't think many people know they can literally camp on the edge of the Canyon, just a couple miles South of Sowats overlooking Fishtail canyon, and all that. Last time I was up in that country, I enjoyed seeing a clean leftover camp with little kid shoe prints literally on the edge of the North Rim, overlooking some of the best of what the North rim has to offer - miles away from the visitor center. Thanks for sharing your picutures with us. I'm sure your date was impressed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chef Report post Posted July 31, 2010 Great report. Loved the artistic shots. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pixman Report post Posted July 31, 2010 2 weeks ago I went to Havasupai, here are a few pics! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coyotekid Report post Posted August 1, 2010 Pixman- those are some good shots. im still bummed about Navajo Falls demise, but the 50 Foot Falls is pretty cool and as time goes by it will get better and more travertine will build again. Coach- I agree to some extent that the North Rim is better in alot of ways. Mostly because I enjoy being in the middle of nowhere and even more I like seeing big deer and sheep! but there are a good chunk of people who dont give the south rim enough credit. there are just as big of deer, lots of sheep and then the bonus there are elk and antelope too! Its easy to forget the that there is far more to the south rim of grand canyon (about 1400 miles of actual rim) than just the parts in the little section by south rim village. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks we will have a whole weekend of and I can go show off the North Rim to her. Sowats along with Jump-Up and Crazy jug will all be on the agenda for that trip. Thanks for the kind comments -sam Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
