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Grand Canyon National Park

Grand Canyon National Park - Simply Grand!

Written by MilwVon on March 26, 2009

  • Owning a timeshare in Flagstaff makes taking a day trip (or more) to the Grand Canyon National Park very easy. Last time we stayed at our timeshare we took a tour day-trip to the...
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Antelope on the High Desert

Driving Flagstaff to Grand Canyon National Park

Written by MilwVon on March 26, 2009

  • There are two direct routes from Flagstaff to the Grand Canyon, both of which run approximately 80-90 miles, so we decided to take one route to the canyon and the other on our return home....
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Outhouse with a view

The Canyon, Solo: Toroweap & Dreamland Safari Tours

Written by callen60 on September 11, 2007

  • On an earlier trip west, rafting trips on the Snake River in Grand Teton and on the Flathead River along Glacier’s southern edge were definite highlights. As I planned this trip to the southwest, I...
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Roosevelt Point

Cape Royal Road: North Rim Jewel

Written by callen60 on September 11, 2007

  • My kids were understandably nervous about venturing down into the Canyon, and this drive was our substitute for exploring below the rim. (As we left the Canyon, though, they vowed to change this on the...
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· Spaghetti Western

Pizzaholism in Tusayan

Written by btwood2 on April 3, 2007

  • For some strange reason, both times we ate out during our most recent Grand Canyon visit, we ate pizza in Tusayan, the small community 10 miles south of the Rim. The first time, the evening...
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Colorado National Monument

River Deep Mountain High

Written by Alan Ingram on August 3, 2001

  • Snow fell steadily, although already into May, on the long climb on Interstate 70 from Denver - the "Mile High City" - to the 10,660 foot Vail Pass on the Continental Divide - the chain...
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Grand Canyon

Rim to River in the Grand Canyon

Written by Alan Ingram on August 3, 2001

  • Encamped beneath towering pine trees amid the sparkling, springtime beauty of the snow-bound Rocky Mountains, I contemplated the tranquil stream flowing sedately between green meadows. It was hard to believe that only a few hundred...
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Fee Information

Written by Ben the Grate on March 25, 2002

  • I have a hard time labelling Havasupai as a true budget destination. You're popped for $20 per person to enter the park, and another $10 per person per night to camp. That's $60 for a...
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The Chopper

Getting There the Easy Way

Written by Ben the Grate on March 25, 2002

  • Now I realize there are a bunch of couch-potato internet-surfer types out there who will look at my pretty pictures of the waterfalls and want to visit. Luckily for you (and not for the rest of...
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                   The Havasupai Indian Reserve

Havasupai Reservation

Written by Kun-chan on October 30, 2000

  • 8th July 1999 The day of our helicopter ride into the Grand Canyon! Robyn, Derek and I were the only three from our Contiki group going (it costing USD$440 might have something to do with it),...
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