Grand Canyon - South Rim

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Today we ride the train from Williams to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.  We are excited.

Here's the train at the depot.  There are 2 engines and 10 passenger cars.

We are in the 3rd car behind the 2nd engine.  We are in coach class.  The bench seats are comfortable and there is very little sway as we travel.

We were entertained on the train.  This is Clyde and he was very talented!

This is the train depot at the Grand Canyon South Rim.

This is an old steam engine on display at the South Rim.  I must warn everyone now that it was hard to pick out which pictures to post.  We took 80 pictures, but I will only post 20 of the 80 pictures.   :-0

Isn't this beyond words!  Tic is a great photographer.

This was taken from the center area at the Grand Canyon Village.

This is closeup of part of the picture above.  You can see the path of the Colorado River better.

Here is another plaque that says a lot

We are quite a sight, but we are having fun!

The trail down the canyon actually goes through the larger hole of this interesting formation.

Here is more of the trail headed down.  It looks steep.

We rode the red line shuttle out to Hopi Point.  The awesomeness (is that a real word) is everywhere you look!

Here is a panoramic from Hopi Point.  Then we walked to Powell Point.

This is along the path toward Powell Point.

We are still on our way to Powell Point.  It is all so glorious!

This panoramic is from Powell Point.  We stayed in awe all day!

I really like this picture of the canyon.

Look at how this cedar tree grew.  Not sure what caused it to fold over like it did. 

This is the point where we plan to catch the shuttle back to the train depot in the village area.

This is the Hopi House Museum and Gift Shop.  It was also designed by Mary Colter.

Along the ride home we were boarded by bank robbers and they tried to rob each of us. I handed over all the change I had which was $0.04.  They didn't get much from me. Hee Hee

This glorious day ended with a glorious sunset.  We are totally blessed.