Gretchen's Blog

You would think that going from the North Rim to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon would be no big deal, it’s only 10 miles apart as the crow flies …. wrong….. the trip is about 215 miles and 4 ½ hours. We broke up our trip stopping at the Vermillion cliffs, Wupatki National Monument and Sunset Crater. At the Indian Pueblo ruins we saw a brightly colored lizard which the rangers at the South Rim helped us identify later as a Collard Lizard; it was a male due to its bright green and turquoise coloring. Here’s one up close,
and one with A. in the foreground.

We spent the night in Flagstaff and the next day toured Walnut Canyon , Indian cliff dwellings.

After Flagstaff we headed to the Grand Canyon (lunch at an old trading post with a great gift shop, Margie and I liked that!) through the East Entrance and stopped at the Watch Tower, it looks really old but it was built around the turn of the century specifically to view the Grand Canyon.

A’s all time favorite thing to do was watch the Condors fly. We got to see about 8 in the sky at one time right from the rim trail.
So exciting.

More Pictures!



All of us at the El Tovar hotel lobby.


Our last stop was the Avi Casino in Laughlin, NV the same one we stayed at last year. It was as big a hit this year as last.

Happy Trails!

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