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Posted in Grand Canyon on Jan 10th, 2012
Share Which should you visit – the South Rim or the West Rim of the Grand Canyon? It’s a question more and more visitors are asking each year. The answer depends on several factors and ultimately comes down to whatever makes the most sense for your vacation. Read on for some questions and answers to [...]
Posted in Grand Canyon, Phoenix on Jun 20th, 2011
Share I will be traveling to Las Vegas for my nephew’s wedding in early August 2011. We would like to fly in early and stay at the Grand Canyon one or two nights and do the White Water rafting trip from the west rim down and the helicopter back up. What is your recommendation on [...]
Posted in Arizona, Flagstaff, Grand Canyon on Mar 15th, 2011
Share It seems there is no end to questions about the different kinds of tours available to the Grand Canyon. Which – well, duh – of course there are lots of questions because there are three Rims (South, North and West,) four seasons, five major departure cities (Phoenix, Scottsdale, Flagstaff, Sedona and Las Vegas,) a [...]
Posted in Arizona, Flagstaff, Grand Canyon on Feb 23rd, 2011
Share Dear Arizona Travel: Visiting the US for the first time from Wales UK in early April. We will stay in Phoenix for 2 days with our daughter at Uni.,then shuttle to Flagstaff for much of the remainder of our 10 day trip. The Budget Inn, Flagstaff, seems to be well considered or do you [...]
Posted in Arizona, Grand Canyon on Feb 21st, 2011
Share Dear Arizona Travel: I am researching for at trip to Las Vegas in July. I will be with 25-30 men, we are celebrating our 50th birthday. We would like to take a 1-day white water rafting trip (class IV or V). We are not interested in hiking, it is more about the white water! [...]
Posted in Arizona, Grand Canyon on Nov 13th, 2010
Share This week, we have a two-part email that we received from a visitor to GrandCanyon.net, our newest guide toGrand Canyon tours. We thought it might be helpful to other readers looking for Grand Canyon tours from Scottsdale or Phoenix, whether to the West Rim or the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. If you [...]
Posted in Arizona, Grand Canyon on Jan 21st, 2010
Share Coincidentally, we had two visitors email us at theCanyon.com this week asking how they could see the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley in one day trip. Hmm, okay, yes you can do that. But both these visitors specified that they’ll be starting their trips from Las Vegas, Nevada and wanted to see the West [...]
Posted in Arizona, Grand Canyon, Sedona on Jan 28th, 2008
Share While it might not be any surprise that the South Rim of the Grand Canyon receives the lion’s share of the 5 million visitors to the National Park each year, you might not realize that lodging options are not limited to the Grand Canyon National Park lodges inside the south rim of the park. [...]
Posted in Arizona, Grand Canyon on Oct 10th, 2006
Share Bob and Ellie Haan, Lafayette, took a whitewater raft trip on the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon Aug. 16 through 26. ACCOMMODATIONS A rafting trip through the Grand Canyon was something my wife and I had dreamed about for years. On two different occasions, I had hiked to the bottom of the Grand [...]
Posted in Arizona, Grand Canyon on Oct 4th, 2006
Share DATE: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 WHAT: The process of welding the steel beams for the glass cantilever-designed bridge, The Skywalk, is now underway. Shortly after the steel is fitted and welded together a process called “Jack-and-Roll” will be used in order to extend the bridges cantilever “U” shape steel piece 4,000 feet over the [...]
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