Grand Canyon Miscellaneous Shots

               My nephew James and his wife Heather went on vacation in June.   This is the eighth and final  post from their vacation photos. Thank you James!

Grand Canyon National Park, in Arizona, is home to much of the immense Grand Canyon, with its layered bands of red rock revealing millions of years of geological history.

 

Today’s post is the last group of James’ beautiful photos from around the Grand Canyon.   James was so organized when he shared his  photos in folders by area visited.  These final 20 photos were labeled Grand Canyon Miscellaneous  I made a few collages that I hope you like.  Thanks for  visiting Nevada and Arizona with me in this summer.  I hope you have enjoyed his photography; I am so proud of him.

 

 

 

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Desert View Watchtower, Grand Canyon

My nephew James and his wife Heather went on vacation in June. This is the 5th post from their vacation photos. Thank you James!

One of the most iconic structures along the South Rim, the Watchtower can be seen from miles away. The view from the Desert View Watchtower provides a unique perspective of the eastern side of Grand Canyon.

 

 

The Desert View Watchtower is an unusual stone tower designed in 1932 by architect Mary Colter, in the style of Ancestral Puebloan towers.

 

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Grand Canyon Desert View

My nephew James and his wife Heather went on vacation in June.   This is the fifth post from their vacation photos. Thank you James!

The Grand Canyon touches four states: Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado. The most accessible and popular state to see the Grand Canyon is Arizona (South Rim) and Nevada (West Rim). The Grand Canyon National Park is in Arizona.

 

 

 

Today we’ll seening views from the rim with James.

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Valley of Fire

My nephew James and his wife Heather went on vacation in June.   This is the first post from their vacation photos. Thank you James!

Valley of Fire State Park is a public recreation and nature preservation area covering nearly 46,000 acres located 16 miles south of Overton, Nevada. The state park derives its name from red sandstone formations, the Aztec Sandstone, which formed from shifting sand dunes 150 million years ago.

 

 

Back several decades ago, I visited Las Vegas for the first time.   My favorite memory from that visit is the Valley of Fire.  You drive in the mostly tan and brown desert until you go over a hill and see a red valley with beautiful red formations.  It looked to me as though the red boulders were pushed up out of the ground. Yes I had my little Kodak back then, but you really don’t want to see the bad photos I took.  Let’s enjoy James’ pics.

 

 

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