The lure of the Grand Canyon
BY MONIQUE POLAK, SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE
"..many of those who take the first steps to descend below the canyon rim, something magical happens. Despite all the beautiful parks and places to discover on Earth, they’ll decide this is the place they have to return to, again and again."
I have seen the Grand Canyon (over 800 times) from South, West & North Rims, and from the bottom (5 times) and from above. Each view has its rewards!
Leonardo
Across Arizona Tours
The lure of the Grand Canyon
BY MONIQUE POLAK, SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE
Most visitors to the Grand Canyon don’t stay long. They emerge from cars or tour buses to peer out from the rim and pose for photographs. Sometimes, they stay for a picnic or to have lunch at one of the rim lodges. Then they’re gone, the once-in-a-lifetime visit checked off their bucket list. According to Grand Canyon National Park officials, the average visit to this Arizona attraction lasts just two hours.
The Grand Canyon can be a disappointment.
Viewed from the top near one of the visitors’ parking lots, the fissured network of buttes and desert plateaus that make up one of the world’s largest river gorges can appear almost like a two-dimensional painting. More than one spectator has called it overrated.
But for many of those who take the first steps to descend below the canyon rim, something magical happens. Despite all the beautiful parks and places to discover on Earth, they’ll decide this is the place they have to return to, again and again...
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