One Year on the Road

A young, thirsty Roosevelt elk came to drink from a puddle.

Path to the rim from the Visitors Center.

First view.

How did that boulder get there?

Hilary (left) and Anita.

Kate, Bailey, and me.

One more of us.

Such great views.

Man taking a woman&#039;s photo lying at the edge of a cliff.

Then she takes his photo. If they only knew what had happened 30 minutes earlier down the path.

This is the closest we got to the edge, and there was a ledge below.

These two sat on here chatting for a long time.

They had a great view for sure.

But yikes!

Young man does a peacock yoga pose on the edge.

Another pose at the end of our first rim walk.

And one of Anita and Hilary.

Our first meal together at the Grand Canyon.

At the Visitor Center, shadows of condors are painted on rocks.

Kate and I on our bike ride.

What a bike path!

Woman takes a selfie in the same spot a man died taking a selfie the day before.

Man and woman on the fatal edge, possibly looking where the young man had fallen.

A view near sunset.

Late day shadows.

A survey marker, placed by the Boston Museum on Science.

The setting sun makes the cliffs glow.

But the sunset itself was disappointing.

Bright Angel trail (below).

I didn&#039;t see any mules.

Ancient petroglyphs near the top of the trail.

The first &quot;tunnel&quot;.

A very popular trail.

It was a well-maintained path.

The second tunnel.

A different view from the path.

Still a long way to go.

Path view.

Finally, the first rest stop.

Hiking back up behind some backpackers.

Almost back to the top, I get another hiker to take my photo.

I stopped at a museum about the Kolb brothers, who photographed the canyon in the early 1900s.

The train would be a great way to come to the canyon.

Our unfriendly neighbors.

Happy Hour in Bessie.

The final night, a dramatic sunset from the parking lot.

But we didn&#039;t get to a good spot to see it from the canyon.

It was still beautiful to see.

It was the full moon that night.

We went on a full moon walk.

An exciting sight to watch out for.

On our way out, we stopped at Desert View Watchtower.

Mary Jane Coulter designed this work of art in 1932.

The brickwork is amazing.

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View from the top: raining below.

Looking at the ceiling from three four below.

Even the storage shed is beautiful.