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To get from Flagstaff to the Grand Canyon, you drive through a very unlikely coniferous forest (Kaibab Natl Forest).
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Look! A canyon! It's grand!
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Did I mention Grand? In spanish grande means big. Aren't the similarities between the languages fascinating?
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I mean, you've got two words, and they are from *totally different languages* but they sound similar, and they have similar meanings! WOW!![IMG 2949](users/overt/_data/i/users/overt/menalto_albums/travel/20030630/20030702/IMG_2949-la.jpg "IMG 2949 (1350 visits) It's really these things that remind my that I'm part of a world community, part of a "global v...")
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It's really these things that remind my that I'm part of a world community, part of a "global village," if you will.
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Who are these people and why are they in half the pictures?
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It's cool because there's a tree.
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Again. Flashbacks to day 1.
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There in the middle you can see a windy trail that we took down to the floor of the canyon, to get a better sense of the size of the place. Oh, wait. No. We didn't go down there because it was really fucking hot. That's right.
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Ug with stick tend fire. Woman prepare meet.
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So we're not the greatest outdoor cooks. Just because our charcoal isn't hot can't stop us! Hyperventilating and passing out to keep the fire oxygenated was well worth it for mediocre steak and slightly-charred carrots.
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Obligatory sunset shot. Careful viewers will notice that the sun has been meticulously removed with Photoshop. You can't trust anyone these days.
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Careful viewers will notice that the moon has been meticulously added with Photoshop. You can't trust anyone these days.
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It's neat because of the mirror, see?
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Think hard about what the bug splattered on the windshield means for all of us.
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We needed to take a picture of this ridge because we hadn't seen anything like it the day before or the day before that.
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At each gas station, we launched a preemptive strike against bug-gut encrustation on the front of the vehicle. It may be many months before leslie has time to give a shit about how clean her car is, and by then the remains may have fossilized.
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I don't know why. Ask her.
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A ridge with a LAKE! It was odd to see a bunch of boats being towed around the desert; we were confounded until we saw the majestic, day-glo lake Powell.
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Things started to get cool as soon as we got on SR-9 on the east side of Zion.![IMG 3005](users/overt/_data/i/users/overt/menalto_albums/travel/20030630/20030703/IMG_3005-la.jpg "IMG 3005 (1374 visits) The "Great Arch of Zion." It's probably about 500 feet tall and 1500 across. Really amazin...")
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The "Great Arch of Zion." It's probably about 500 feet tall and 1500 across. Really amazing. This is the first thing you see after leaving a tunnel that takes you into the canyon proper, on the west side. I'd have to say that hands-down, Zion was the most amazing place we saw during the trip.
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Pictures just can't do this place justice. Think thousands and thousands of feet. Hugeness.
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Time for some hiking!
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On the bank of a stream, in the shadow of more huge, shear cliffs. Note the size of the trees on top to get an idea of the height.
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The adventurer finally finds a hat.
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On a hike to the Emerald Pools.
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Within 15 minutes of arriving in Vegas, we are disgusted and return to the interstate to put the horrid city behind us.
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LA at last! Isn't it to soon to be in the last city?
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A year later, the two travelers see the other ocean together. We've now traveled the entire length of Our Great Nation together :)