6 Feb 07 Grand Canyon AZ to Camp Verde AZ

  We were awake early, so grabbed coffee from the cafeteria and made our way to the recommended outlook to view the sunrise. Though we missed the colourful preliminaries, we did see the canyon to the west light up as the rising sun had it. Then back to our room for breakfast and to pack up for the next stage.

 We left the park by the opposite route from the one we came in by, and stopped at several outlooks over the canyon. Last night, the speaker, Jim, had recommended Lipon Point as the best view of the geology, and it was great. But the best was likely Desert View, where we climber the Lookout Tower and could see far in two directions down the canyon , as well as out over the Painted Desert. Leaving the park, we drove through desert, catching occasional glimpses of smaller canyons, to Flagstaff, then on to Oak Creek Canyon [Little did we know that we would vacation here much later with Nicole and Wes's family]. It is smaller, of course, but has similar spectacular formations, especially near Sedona. Driving in the canyon and seeing from below is interesting, We made and early stop in Campe Verde, AZ so we can catch up on email, etc. It’s much warmer here, and Larry is into shorts. Pack away the woolies!

All Photos 6 Feb 07