So You Wanna Go Down in the Canyon…
If you counted up how many times we’ve been to each national park in the US, I’m sure you’d find the one we’ve visited the most to be Grand Canyon National Park in northern Arizona. In the last 16 years, I’ve visited it a total of 9 times, and 5 of those visits were on consecutive years! Part of this is due to its central location—if we were visiting northern southwest it was on the way, and if we were visiting the southern southwest, it was still on the way. One member of our group also loves the park, and could just sit for hours staring at the canyon. Anyhow, the canyon itself is beautiful—simply breathtaking—and we’ve enjoyed both walking along the rim and hiking down into the canyon. We’ve never actually made it to Phantom Ranch, but we’ve gotten more than halfway down before going back to the top. (We also hiked to the bottom of the canyon at Toroweep, but I’m not sure that counts…!) My favorite of the trails we’ve hiked into the canyon from the south rim is the South Kaibab Trail, for the simple reason that it has tremendously better views than the Bright Angel Trail. In fact, if you’re going for views, this trail is hard to beat in general—just hiking it is stunning!
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