OK, NEEDLESS TO SAY, NO WIFI AT GRAND CANYON. AND I MIGHT ADD, RIGHTFULLY SO!
NICE RIDE UP TO GRAND CANYON FROM TUBA CITY. WIND WAS STILL STRONG, BUT NO WHERE CLOSE TO THE DAY BEFORE.
GOT AN EARLY START AND TOOK OUR TIME UP TO THE GRAND CANYON. GOT IN AROUND 2ISH. ALL I CAN SAY IS IF YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN TO THE GRAND CANYON….YOU ARE MISSING OUT ON LIFE!
IT’S AMAZING HOW MANY FOREIGNERS VISIT COMPARED TO ACTUAL AMERICANS. AND OF ALL THE PEOPLE I HAVE TO RUN IN TO AT THE GRAND CANYON, A NORTH CAROLINA STATE GRAD! ASKED HIM IF HE KNEW MY NEIGHBOR WALT, THANK GOD HE DIDN’T!
I SENT A COUPLE FRIENDS A QUICK PICTURE FROM THE DECK OF THE NORTH RIM LAST NIGHT. JUST PERFECT SITTING OUT THERE. TALKED TO ANOTHER RIDER FROM QUEBEC. HE RIDES A TON AS WELL.
A LADY MADE SUCH A VALID POINT. SHE SAID SHE HAD TO COME OUTSIDE. SHE COULDN’T BELIEVE HOW MANY FOLKS WERE TALKING ON CELL PHONES AND PLAYING ON THEIR IPADS VS ENJOYING THE GRAND CANYON. I WALKED IN TO GET A BEER (I KNOW…I DON’T KNOW WHAT CAME OVER ME TO WANT ONE) AND ONE COUPLE WAS THERE WITH TWO IPADS. ONE PLAYING SOLITAIRE AND THE OTHER CHECKING TEXT MESSAGES. BOTH LOOKING AWAY FROM THE CANYON. HERE ARE A FEW PICS I SNAPPED LAST NIGHT:
COLORADO RIVER
B&W OF COLORADO RIVER
HERB STANDING ON NAVAJO WALK BRIDGE
VERMILION MESA
MY CABIN MATE AT THE GRAND CANYON
SUNSET AT GRAND CANYON
(THANKS AGAIN TO MOPIC FOR SOME QUICK SETTINGS)
PROBABLY ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE PICS I’VE TAKEN
THIS IS ALSO A FAVORITE
MOON OVER GRAND CANYON
TODAY’S RIDE WAS FROM GRAND CANYON UP TO BRYCE CANYON, UT VIA ZION NATIONAL PARK AND BREAKERS NP AS WELL.
MORE PHOTOS TO FOLLOW ON THAT. AND VIDEO I HOPE!
TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO A WESTERN SHOW AT EBENEZER’S SALOON IN BRYCE CANYON!
TOMORROW OVER TO MOAB, UT TO MEET MY BROTHER AND FRIEND TANK WHO WILL HAVE RIDDEN 2,200 MILES IN TWO DAYS!
TRAVEL QUOTE OF THE DAY:
I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.