Jen and I needed a rest day soooo we headed North a short 80 or so miles to the South rim of the Grand Canyon. This is of course, "just a big ditch" as stated by a Flagstaff local on my 1st visit many moons ago. It is a very diverse, unique landscape carved over millions of years by the Colorado river. The south rim is a more desert landscape with small pines and sagebrush. It differs greatly from the north rim, which sits at a higher elevation and more vegetation such as ponderosa pines and aspen. I prefer the north rim over the south but...I don't enjoy the 5 or so hour drive to get there.
At the south rim, we acted like the tourists that we are and tried to fit in w/ all of the foreigners? We visited all of the overlooks, went to several of the lodges, walked a couple hundred feet down the Bright Angel trail, and even got to see some wildlife!!!!
Here is a link to some of yesterday's ride photos:
2 comments:
Haha! You guys are killing me with all your fun. Now come back home and get back in the salt mine!
peas,
Ben
Sweet Blog! Finally...our's is www.rayandsmap.blogspot.com
check us out too...I will add your link to ours.
I am jealous that you all get to go to so many cool places to ride. One of these days SMap will be able to take off for more than 3 days at a time. See you Saturday!
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