Outside  Bright Angel Lodge I saw condors for the very first time. Three of them were circling over the South Rim wall of the Grand Canyon and over us. They were so close I could clearly see their tagged numbers. These condors were attracting a large crowd who were momentarily focused upon birds rather than stoney cliffs of the canyon.   Rob and I decided to go for a walk along the South Rim, along a sealed trail that hugges the canyon cliff face. This was a ...

  Sunrise over the Grand Canyon was magical. It was worth getting up at 4.45am to see the sun illuminate the cliffs of the canyon. From darkness to brilliant shades of red, orange, white and brow, the Canyon burst into life within an hour.  Ground squirrils emerged, basking in the warmth of the sun and displaying amazing agility as they effortlessly scampered across the edges of the cliffs.  A surreal experience as I witnessed one of the most amazing sights I ...

What a view! Amazing, awesome, gigantic, and grand! This is the Grand Canyon and it is huge, far bigger than what I could ever have imagined. No photo can bring the Canyon into a 2 dimensional space, nor can a photo capture its breadth, depth and height. Even sitting here at this location we were gazing upon just a small fragment of this mighty seismic shift in platonic plates millions of years ago. The Colorado River was flowing at the base of this mighty cany...

A great place to make movies! Monument Valley is one of those places that evoke memories of all those Hollywood "Cowboy & Indian" movies, one could amost see John Wayne riding his horse around the sweeping ben of a Butte with dust flying everwhere! We had a fabulous 4 wheel drive tour given to us by Harrison, a Navajo Indian whose family had lived in this area for centuries. Harrison loved this country and shared stories about the land, the people, the cust...