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Heading north from Flagstaff leads you into the Coconino National Forest
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Chunk is about ready to be done with driving
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We're here!
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First view up the Canyon
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Iconic Desert View Watchtower
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Wake up kids, natural wonder behind you
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View from the Tower
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Very cool old tree
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Me and my Monkeyboy
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The sun was still fairly high as we made our way west around the five major viewing areas
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Was a beautiful clear day
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Little bit of a feel of the massiveness of parts of the Canyon
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Sun going lower
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Another wide angle
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Having fun at a wonder of the world
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She liked it too
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Starting to see some shadows now
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And the colors get more vivid as the sun goes lower
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You can see the striation of different sediment layers here.
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Amazing that one river did all this
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I am the Queen of the Canyon pose
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These sportos are headed out to the end of that. It's about 30 feet down to the saddle below with a sheer drop of another 70-80 feet on either side. Was hard to watch.
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Sunset at Yaki Point is tourist ground zero
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Just beginning to fill up
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Sun setting on the lower elevations
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Gives an idea of how quickly the Canyon descends from the Rim
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Brilliant colors now
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Sun about down
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Just sublime
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Thanks for the pose :-)
