January 26, 2009

First Stop Canyon Tour - Mather Point

Big Dude commandeered the camera to get a shot of me and the Dudes, but not before I ended up taking photos of these nice Canadians.

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They'd driven way further than we had to "see" the Grand Canyon. They were good humored enough to laugh it off and say that it was a good excuse to return some day. In fact, they said it was better weather than they'd had recently at home. ;-)

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Here we are. What? You can't really see us? Welcome to our experience!

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Big Dude joked that at any moment a dragon could pop up out of the sea of clouds.

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10 comments:

Rhea said...

That is some major fog. I'd freak out, but oddly expect it, if a gigantic dragon popped out of that cloud.

angie {the arthur clan} said...

Okay...it's freaking me out seeing the Dudes so close to those railings (that was said while I'm trying to find a paper sack to breath into and stop my hyperventilating.) Serious fear of railings going on here!

(But the photos are lovely as always...minus the railings, of course.) ;)

Christi said...

Once again I'm in awe. You give me something to work towards. Beautiful as always.

I Love Purple More Than You said...

I love the dragon comment! Great pictures, even without the view!

Tracy P. said...

You are the only person I know who could have beautiful pictures of NOTHING!

Angie should be sure to never visit the Badlands in South Dakota. Talk about hyperventilating. I'm pretty sure I have post traumatic stress disorder from visiting there with toddlers. No railings. at. all.

Unknown said...

Oooo... I remember the Badlands..

Anyways... Beautiful foggy pics! :)

Teri said...

All that fog makes for a great non-distracting background. Not that that was what you were going for. :-)

Skeller said...

Angie -
I completely understand. Heights make me a little woozy myself. Somehow, the fog/clouds did kind of make it a little bit more ok, for some weird reason. The next day, tho, when the sun peeked out - YIKES! Even some of the road felt horribly close to the edge...

Tracy -
Oooh, I'd like to see the Badlands. But, no rails?!?? Maybe I should stay away.

Teri - hehe. Yeah. Non-distracting. That's one way to put it!

tearese said...

yep....definitely looks like the last time Iwas there. And it was in JUNE, for my birthday one year! I was fine with all the fog, but my mom was really upset, and mad the whole time. Your pictures still turned out nice!

Skeller said...

tearese - JUNE?!?! really?
It was such a silly, ironic situation that all I could was be amused. Plus when the canyon kept giving us hints to its presence, it was just so over-the-top cool and awe-inspiring.