mmechtley: Zombies chasing me!
mmechtley: It was cool outside, but delightfully so!
mmechtley: The pines are just as towering as I remember
mmechtley: More giant trees
mmechtley: Taking a seat
mmechtley: The cabal takes a rest on some rocks in an Aspen stand
mmechtley: It's that Time Castle tree again! I am pretty sure it was farther up the hill last time
mmechtley: Yes, definitely up the hill, it has definitely phased since we last saw it
mmechtley: The view to the south, Flagstaff at the foot of the mountain
mmechtley: A charming forest path!
mmechtley: Another large stand of Aspen
mmechtley: We found this interesting metal box on the way back
mmechtley: This pipe exited a mysterious stone box with a metal lid
mmechtley: We tried to wrench the bolts off the box, but they were stuck fast
mmechtley: Any treasure in here?!
mmechtley: On the canyon rim near the parking lot, with Archie
mmechtley: Intrigued by the tentacles
mmechtley: Archie the sensor squid in a Grand Canyon photo-op!
mmechtley: Canyon view that the tourists all see
mmechtley: The skies in Arizona always seem so high - it's one of my favorite things about living here
mmechtley: A side canyon winds its way down from the North Rim
mmechtley: The number of geological layers visible here is beautiful
mmechtley: Hikers on the Bright Angel trail below
mmechtley: Some amazing sheer cliff faces
mmechtley: The inner canyon is distinctively colored
mmechtley: A view to the east - it goes on forever
mmechtley: All of this worn into a giant mass of rock that hasn't been subducted and recycled in millions of years
mmechtley: What would you do if you had been traversing a flat, high expanse for weeks and suddenly came upon this?
mmechtley: Becky and the South Rim, from a small prominence of land
mmechtley: The river, barely visible between the sheer walls