I came across this on Amazon, it's a toy camera. Its digital and fully functional. Doesn't take the best photos quality wise but its just for fun and it's cute.
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I've stayed at the South Rim three times and the North Rim once. That looks like the South Rim but I can't be sure. I had everything booked to hike rim to rim in 2020 but COVID had other ideas.
It is indeed the south. North was closed because it snowed 6" that day. We also hiked the Valley of Fire.
50 years ago I visited both South and North Rims for the first time. After that it got so crowded I began exploring the lesser-known parts of Grand Canyon, mainly those accessible from the Arizona Strip (that part of Arizona north of the Grand Canyon). After the roads have dried out (dirt roads only!) it is easy traveling and for sure there won't be crowds. And the viewpoints actually allow you to stand on the canyon rim and look down at the river.
At Toroweap Point. If you look close you can see a line of rafts on the river.
At the Whitmore Overlook there is a trail about a quarter of a mile long that will allow you to hike from the end of the road to the river itself:
At Kanab Point, where Kanab Creek flows into the Colorado River, the maze of intersecting canyons is amazing:
Getting cranky in my old age, I guess. I can no longer tolerate crowds.
Yup. Most people assume that because we are talking "canyon", this is low desert terrain. But the South Rim of the Grand Canyon is around 7000 feet in elevation and the North Rim is about 1000 feet higher, around 8000 feet. The road to the Lodge at the North Rim doesn't even open till mid-May because of snow. This year it won't open till June:
The elevation was definitely noticeable. We didn't give it much thought. Then I did an 11 mile solo hike with some moderate rock scramble mixed in. I was asleep by 7pm that nightYup. Most people assume that because we are talking "canyon", this is low desert terrain. But the South Rim of the Grand Canyon is around 7000 feet in elevation and the North Rim is about 1000 feet higher, around 8000 feet. The road to the Lodge at the North Rim doesn't even open till mid-May because of snow. This year it won't open till June:
