Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon is rather Grand. A chilly time to be there but less tourists are always better. The Bright Angel Fault and Bright Angel Canyon across the way from Grand Canyon Village forms a place to walk to the bottom of the Canyon. We didn't. We didn't take the Mule ride either.
Trudy and I are facinated by the architecture of Mary Colter. She and the Harvey Company are two wonderful but relatively unknown pieces of the west that deserve a look.

Colter designed buildings like the Hopi House gift shop (which actually has museum level pieces of western Indian art) across from the El Tovar Hotel. Her work blends in with the land in a unique way.

The Watchtower is another example of Mary Colter's style. Designed to look "ancient," it combines a commercial gift shop with a display of native art.

The Watchtower is a unique example of how a profitible company can "do the right thing."


Trudy, at the edge near where the old Grandview Hotel stood on Grandview Point. It is one of only several places that hiking to the bottom is possible. We didn't do that either.

More as it happens,
Bob