Cape Royal Area, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona:  11 July 2006

    This was my fourth straight year visiting the Big Hole, but I hadn't seen this wing of North Rim since 1987.  [31 photos]


This was a whim, just an unplanned detour. It's hard to be within 200 miles of the Grand Canyon and not go take a look.

Approaching GCNP, the forests were scorched for miles. Over 60,000 acres burned, snuffing out just a week before I arrived.

The last miles before entering GCNP are mostly wide sweeping green meadows

More of the Meadows

Vista Encantada

Roosevelt Point

Roosevelt Point

Roosevelt Point

Walhalla Overlook

Walhalla Overlook

Walhalla Overlook

Walhalla Overlook

Cool tree

Walhalla Overlook

Walhalla Overlook

Walhalla Overlook

Humphries Peak in the distamce, from Walhalla Overlook

Cape Royal

Cape Royal

Cape Royal

Cape Royal

Cape Royal

Cape Royal

Cape Royal

Cape Royal

Blind turn mirror

Walhalla, on the way back

Point Imperial

Point Imperial

Point Imperial

US Highway Alt-89, heading back through northern Arizona to Utah....