After a wonderful dinner at The Arizona Room in Bright Angel Lodge, we retraced our steps along the Rim Trail to our vehicle at the Grand Canyon Visitor Center. As the sun went down, the temperature quickly dropped on the 2.5 mile walk. We visited Grand Canyon National Park on our May 2015 trip to the Southwest.
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| The Bright Angel Trail passes through Indian Garden |
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| El Tovar Hotel and Kachina Lodge |
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| Hopi House |
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| Sumner Butte, Brahma Temple and Zoroaster Temple |
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| The Battleship backlit by the setting sun |
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| Bright Angel Canyon is already in deep shadows |
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| Highlighting the top of Buddha and Manu Temples, Oza Butte and Bright Angel Point |
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| Golden light on Yavapai Point |
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| Maricopa Point |
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| A few clouds provide some color |
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| Rank upon rank of buttes and ridges |
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| The trail is mostly abandoned by dusk |
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| Another beautiful sunset |
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| Shadows claim the canyon |
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| The end of another wonderful day in a National Park |
An entry fee of $30 per private vehicle is collected at three entrance stations and is good for seven consecutive days at both the South and North Rims. Other fee payment options include the America the Beautiful - National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands passes including the Annual Pass ($80), Senior Pass ($10 for lifetime), Access Pass (free with documented disability) and Military Annual Pass (free for active duty personnel).
The park website is http://www.nps.gov/grca/index.htm.
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