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Stopping in a pastrami-crazy Wasco for lunch on the long drive to the Grand canyon from San Francisco
Date: 03/25/2008
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It's a dive but the food was good and cheap!
Our rental Durango barely squeezed in (packs loaded on the top)
Date: 03/25/2008
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Hmm...food theme! Dinner in Williams, an hour from the Grand Canyon
Date: 03/25/2008
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Mmmm....margaritas and beer.
Date: 03/25/2008
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We spent the night at the Yavapai Lodge on the South Rim
It's a gear explosion as I try to sort out what I really need
Date: 03/25/2008
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Paige and Dave talk to the ranger and pick up our backcountry permit.
Date: 03/26/2008
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Everyone has to be honest here - they have a scale for pack weights!
Should have weighed them on the way out, too. Lots of the weight was food and drinks. My pack felt half empty on the hike out.
Date: 03/26/2008
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Waiting for the shuttles
We left the car at the Bright Angel trailhead where we would be exiting in six days, then took the shuttle to South Kaibab for the hike down
Date: 03/26/2008
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On the bus - it's a beautiful spring day on the rim.
Date: 03/26/2008
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We had been warned about ice on the trail and were carrying crampons and shoe chains
Date: 03/26/2008
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Finally on the South Kaibab trail and heading down into that big hole in the ground
Many people here, but the further down you get the fewer people you see
Date: 03/26/2008
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The views as we dip below the rim
That's the Tonto Plateau - we can't even see the bottom of the canyon yet
Date: 03/26/2008
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Looking back to the start of the South Kaibab
The switchbacks came down the gulley in the middle of the photo
Date: 03/26/2008
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Our first mule-train encounter.
Date: 03/26/2008
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Traffic jam at Ooh Aah Point
Many dayhikers turned around here
Date: 03/26/2008
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Tonto Plateau and Zoroaster Temple on the north side of the canyon
We'll be seeing a lot more of Zoroaster in the next few days
Date: 03/26/2008
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Looking back up the South Kaibab from Ooh Aah Point
Date: 03/26/2008
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Still can't see the bottom of the canyon, although the big crack running down the middle of this photo is close
Date: 03/26/2008
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The Cedar Ridge rest is coming up
O'Neil Butte also
Date: 03/26/2008
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The S. Kaibab is wide to accomodate the hikers and mules
Date: 03/26/2008
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