Day 7

 We started out the day today with a great view of the mountains from the balcony of our hotel in Sedona.  This is truly a beautiful place!  We headed out of Sedona through Oak Creek Canyon, a place that was the location of many of the old cowboy movies from the past. The steep, crooked road took us to the top of the mountain to a rest area where local Native Americans sell their hand made jewelry and other crafts.  Then we headed north towards the Grand Canyon.  We stopped near the entrance to the park at Cameron Village Trading Post  where we had lunch.  A specialty of this place is Navajo "fry bread" and man is it good!  Then we headed into the park to see the Grand Canyon.  I don't know where to begin talking about the Grand Canyon.  Words just can't describe the beauty and enormous size of this canyon.  About all I can say is that everyone should come to this place once in their lives.

This was the view we woke up to this morning.  This rock formation was right off the balcony at our hotel.

A view from the top of Oak Creek Canyon looking back toward Sedona.

100 year old suspension bridge at the lower end of the canyon next to Cameron Village Trading Post

Observation tower at Desert View above the Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon from the Bright Angel observation point.

Navajo Mountain as seen across the canyon from Desert View

The view of the canyon from Mojave Point

The Colorado River as seen from Desert View

Another look at the Canyon from Desert View

Just to prove that I was here too!