{"id":6328,"date":"2022-01-15T22:59:34","date_gmt":"2022-01-15T14:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/?p=6328"},"modified":"2022-04-22T10:17:57","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T02:17:57","slug":"20220115grand-canyon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/15\/20220115grand-canyon\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 7 of 2022 Arizona Trip, Grand Canyon National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seventh and last day of my 2021 Arizona trip, my friend and I would spend the day visit the few vistas along the southern rim of Grand Canyon National Park, before driving back to Phoenix later in the day for our flight back to the east coast.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1156.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1156.jpg\" alt=\"Bright Angel Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Bright Angel Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>After yesterday&#8217;s epic hike of Bright Angel Trail to Colorado River and back, my friend and I decided to spend the final day of our Arizona trip in a more leisure manner, visiting the few vistas along the southern rim of Grand Canyon National Park. Between Hermit&#8217;s Rest in the west and Desert View in the east, it&#8217;s more than 30 miles of view of Grand Canyon. While it did get a bit repetitive at places (since the geological layers were similar), I never got bored at the constant stream of awesome sights.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide.min.2.4.21.js\"><\/script>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide-skyblue.min.css\">\n<script>\ndocument.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', function () {\n\tvar secondarySlider1 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-1', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:67,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:57,height:38,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider1 = new Splide( '#splide-major-1', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider1.sync( secondarySlider1 ).mount();\n\tvar secondarySlider2 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-2', 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decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1106.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon from Mohave Point\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grand Canyon from Mohave Point<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1107.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1107.jpg\" alt=\"South Rim\" \/><\/a><\/br>South Rim<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From Mohave Point, an awesome sight that the fields beyond the canyon rim seemed flat all the way to the horizon.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1108.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1108.jpg\" alt=\"View from The Abyss\" \/><\/a><\/br>View from The Abyss<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Frankly, this didn&#8217;t feel like that much a steep abyss to me.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1110.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1110.jpg\" alt=\"Colorado River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Colorado River<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From &#8220;The Abyss&#8221;. Cope Butte in the foreground.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1112.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1112.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From &#8220;The Abyss&#8221;.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1113.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1113.jpg\" alt=\"Marsh Butte\" \/><\/a><\/br>Marsh Butte<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From &#8220;The Abyss&#8221;.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-10\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1106.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon from Mohave Point\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1107.jpg\" alt=\"South Rim\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1108.jpg\" alt=\"View from The Abyss\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1110.jpg\" alt=\"Colorado River\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1112.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1113.jpg\" alt=\"Marsh Butte\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-10, #splide-thumb-10 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1106.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1106.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon from Mohave Point\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Grand Canyon from Mohave Point<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1107.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1107.jpg\" alt=\"South Rim\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>South Rim<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From Mohave Point, an awesome sight that the fields beyond the canyon rim seemed flat all the way to the horizon.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1108.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1108.jpg\" alt=\"View from The Abyss\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>View from The Abyss<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Frankly, this didn&#8217;t feel like that much a steep abyss to me.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1110.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1110.jpg\" alt=\"Colorado River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Colorado River<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From &#8220;The Abyss&#8221;. Cope Butte in the foreground.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1112.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1112.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From &#8220;The Abyss&#8221;.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1113.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1113.jpg\" alt=\"Marsh Butte\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Marsh Butte<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From &#8220;The Abyss&#8221;.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h4><span id=\"Monument_Creek_Vista\">Monument Creek Vista<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>This was a vista point overlooking a small canyon, with a creek inside. One could probably make a hiking trail in it to rival the Bright Angel Trail that we hiked the previous day (unfortunately, there wasn&#8217;t).<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-9\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1116.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1116.jpg\" alt=\"Monument Creek\" \/><\/a><\/br>Monument Creek<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1118.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1118.jpg\" alt=\"Monument Creek\" \/><\/a><\/br>Monument Creek<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The upper part that&#8217;s mostly dry.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1114.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1114.jpg\" alt=\"Mohave Wall\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mohave Wall<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1117.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1117.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1115.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1115.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1119.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1119.jpg\" alt=\"Tower of Ra\" \/><\/a><\/br>Tower of Ra<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-9\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1116.jpg\" alt=\"Monument Creek\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1118.jpg\" alt=\"Monument Creek\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1114.jpg\" alt=\"Mohave Wall\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1117.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1115.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1119.jpg\" alt=\"Tower of Ra\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-9, #splide-thumb-9 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos from Monument Creek Vista<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1116.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1116.jpg\" alt=\"Monument Creek\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Monument Creek<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1118.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1118.jpg\" alt=\"Monument Creek\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Monument Creek<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The upper part that&#8217;s mostly dry.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1114.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1114.jpg\" alt=\"Mohave Wall\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mohave Wall<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1117.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1117.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1115.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1115.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1119.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1119.jpg\" alt=\"Tower of Ra\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Tower of Ra<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h4><span id=\"Pima_Point\">Pima Point<\/span><\/h4>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1125_DSC_1139-15.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1125_DSC_1139-15.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon from Pima Point\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Grand Canyon from Pima Point<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Just like Hopi Point, Pima Point was located on some sort of rocky outcrop, thus offering panoramic views of the surrounding Grand Canyon. From here, it felt like the Colorado River was so tangibly close, that one could clearly identify the contours of its flow from the canyons below, while its raging waters popped into view for a few times.<br \/>\nIn addition, one could also see portions of the trail leading from the nearby Hermit Point to the west down to Colorado River. In the early days of Grand Canyon tourism, Santa Fe Railway Company would transport visitors from its train station in Grand Canyon Village to here, and offered them mule rides into the canyon. Since the Bright Angel Trail at Grand Canyon Village was tolled, they offered this alternative to avoid tolls. It&#8217;s said that Hermit Trail was maintained to a very high standard back in those days, with stone-paved sections (that unfortunately are gone nowadays).<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-8\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1121Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1121Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1122.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1122.jpg\" alt=\"Colorado River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Colorado River<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1120Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1120Q10.jpg\" alt=\"White Water Rapids\" \/><\/a><\/br>White Water Rapids<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Created by a documented thunderstorm on Monument Creek, triggering a rock avalanche that deposited rocks into the Colorado River.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1142.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1142.jpg\" alt=\"South Rim\" \/><\/a><\/br>South Rim<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1123.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1123.jpg\" alt=\"Tonto Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Tonto Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1124.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1124.jpg\" alt=\"Hermit Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hermit Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From this point on it followed Hermit Creek.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-8\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1121Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1122.jpg\" alt=\"Colorado River\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1120Q10.jpg\" alt=\"White Water Rapids\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1142.jpg\" alt=\"South Rim\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1123.jpg\" alt=\"Tonto Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1124.jpg\" alt=\"Hermit Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-8, #splide-thumb-8 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos from Pima Point.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1121Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1121Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1122.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1122.jpg\" alt=\"Colorado River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Colorado River<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1120Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1120Q10.jpg\" alt=\"White Water Rapids\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>White Water Rapids<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Created by a documented thunderstorm on Monument Creek, triggering a rock avalanche that deposited rocks into the Colorado River.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1142.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1142.jpg\" alt=\"South Rim\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>South Rim<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1123.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1123.jpg\" alt=\"Tonto Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Tonto Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1124.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1124.jpg\" alt=\"Hermit Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hermit Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From this point on it followed Hermit Creek.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h4><span id=\"Hermit_Rest\">Hermit Rest<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Finally, at the end of Hermit Road was Hermit Rest, a small building that, for guests of Santa Fe Railway, served as the basecamp for the mule ride down the canyon. Nowadays, the building was a convenience store. We didn&#8217;t bother to retrieve our masks so we stayed outside.<br \/>\nAs much as views were concerned, I didn&#8217;t think the views at Hermit Rest were that great. So we didn&#8217;t stay here for long.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-7\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1143.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1143.jpg\" alt=\"Hermit's Rest Arch\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hermit&#8217;s Rest Arch<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">At its entrance greeting guests since the early 20th century.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1144Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1144Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Hermit's Rest\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hermit&#8217;s Rest<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Now a store.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1147Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1147Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon from Hermit's Rest\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grand Canyon from Hermit&#8217;s Rest<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1145.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1145.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon from Hermit's Rest\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grand Canyon from Hermit&#8217;s Rest<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1148.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1148.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon from Hermit's Rest\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grand Canyon from Hermit&#8217;s Rest<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1149.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1149.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon from Hermit's Rest\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grand Canyon from Hermit&#8217;s Rest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-7\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1143.jpg\" alt=\"Hermit's Rest Arch\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1144Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Hermit's Rest\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1147Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon from Hermit's Rest\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1145.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon from Hermit's Rest\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1148.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon from Hermit's Rest\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1149.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon from Hermit's Rest\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-7, #splide-thumb-7 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1143.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1143.jpg\" alt=\"Hermit's Rest Arch\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hermit&#8217;s Rest Arch<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">At its entrance greeting guests since the early 20th century.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1144Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1144Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Hermit's Rest\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hermit&#8217;s Rest<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Now a store.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1147Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1147Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon from Hermit's Rest\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Grand Canyon from Hermit&#8217;s Rest<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1145.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1145.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon from Hermit's Rest\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1148.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1148.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon from Hermit's Rest\" \/><\/a><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1149.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1149.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon from Hermit's Rest\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grand Canyon from Hermit&#8217;s Rest<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Along_Rim_Drive\">Along Rim Drive<\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span id=\"Yavapai_Point\">Yavapai Point<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>After the excursion to Hermit Drive, we were back at the popular and developed Grand Canyon Village. Our first stop here was Yavapai Point, which housed a geology museum for its location overlooking the most stunning and geologically diverse portions of the Grand Canyon.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1162_DSC_1172-11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1162_DSC_1172-11.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon from Yavapai Point\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Grand Canyon from Yavapai Point<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-6\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1159.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1159.jpg\" width=\"56%\" alt=\"Bright Angel Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Bright Angel Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1153Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1153Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Colorado River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Colorado River<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">At the end of Bright Angel Trail, which we hiked the previous day.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1154Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1154Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Kaibab Suspension Bridge\" \/><\/a><\/br>Kaibab Suspension Bridge<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">One of the two footbridges across Colorado River. The other one being Bright Angel Suspension Bridge, slightly downstream behind the mountain.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1155Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1155Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Phantom Ranch\" \/><\/a><\/br>Phantom Ranch<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A campground at the bottom of Grand Canyon.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1151.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1151.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1158.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1158.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1161.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1161.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1178.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1178.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1160.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1160.jpg\" alt=\"Isis Temple\" \/><\/a><\/br>Isis Temple<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-6\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1159.jpg\" alt=\"Bright Angel Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1153Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Colorado River\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1154Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Kaibab Suspension Bridge\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1155Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Phantom Ranch\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1151.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1158.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1161.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1178.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1160.jpg\" alt=\"Isis Temple\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-6, #splide-thumb-6 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos from Yavapai Point.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1159.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1159.jpg\" alt=\"Bright Angel Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Bright Angel Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1153Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1153Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Colorado River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Colorado River<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">At the end of Bright Angel Trail, which we hiked the previous day.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1154Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1154Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Kaibab Suspension Bridge\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Kaibab Suspension Bridge<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">One of the two footbridges across Colorado River. The other one being Bright Angel Suspension Bridge, slightly downstream behind the mountain.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1155Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1155Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Phantom Ranch\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Phantom Ranch<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A campground at the bottom of Grand Canyon.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1151.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1151.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1158.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1158.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1161.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1161.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1178.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1178.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1160.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1160.jpg\" alt=\"Isis Temple\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Isis Temple<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>A highlight of Yavapai Point was that, it was directly facing Bright Angel Canyon, a long canyon perpendicular to the Colorado River, leading up to North Rim of Grand Canyon. After yesterday&#8217;s epic hike of Bright Angel Trail, a rim-to-rim hike that it afforded was ever more within my reach. And inside the geology museum, one could appreciate its magnificence while sheltered from the elements.<\/p>\n<h4><span id=\"Mather_Point\">Mather Point<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Next we went to Mather Point, an overlook closest to the visitor center. Unfortunately, the visitor center was surrounded by many parking lot (for its summer shuttle volume), and we happened to park at a lot that&#8217;s farthest from Mather Point. <\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1192_DSC_1199-8.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1192_DSC_1199-8.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon from Mather Point\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Grand Canyon from Mather Point<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mather Point was an even smaller rocky outcrop than the previous ones, and with its proximity to the visitor center, the park authorities aggressively set up fences so that people don&#8217;t fall off the canyon accidentally.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-5\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1184.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1184.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1182.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1182.jpg\" alt=\"Bright Angel Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Bright Angel Trail<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">This was the final part of Bright Angel Trail, leading up to Colorado River. We hiked Bright Angel Trail the previous day.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1189.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1189.jpg\" alt=\"Isis Temple\" \/><\/a><\/br>Isis Temple<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1191.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1191.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1190.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1190.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1181.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1181.jpg\" alt=\"Toppled Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Toppled Rocks<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">So that they were fenced off.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-5\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1184.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1182.jpg\" alt=\"Bright Angel Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1189.jpg\" alt=\"Isis Temple\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1191.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1190.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1181.jpg\" alt=\"Toppled Rocks\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-5, #splide-thumb-5 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos from Mather Point.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1184.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1184.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1182.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1182.jpg\" alt=\"Bright Angel Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Bright Angel Trail<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">This was the final part of Bright Angel Trail, leading up to Colorado River. We hiked Bright Angel Trail the previous day.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1189.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1189.jpg\" alt=\"Isis Temple\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Isis Temple<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1191.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1191.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1190.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1190.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1181.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1181.jpg\" alt=\"Toppled Rocks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Toppled Rocks<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">So that they were fenced off.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>After that, we followed East Rim Drive for the exit of the park.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1200Q9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_1200Q9.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Moose\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1201Q9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_1201Q9.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Moose\" \/><\/a><\/br>Moose<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">On the way to Duck-on-a-Rock Viewpoint, we found a car stopped on the road, next to these two moose. Unfortunately, they seemed alerted by our arrival and quickly disappeared into the woods.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<h4><span id=\"Duck_on_a_Rock_Viewpoint\">Duck on a Rock Viewpoint<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-4\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1221.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1221.jpg\" alt=\"Duck on a Rock\" \/><\/a><\/br>Duck on a Rock<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">It took quite some imagination to think of this as a duck.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1223.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1223.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">But its white-colored rocks were still a refreshing sight in front of the Grand Canyon behind it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1224.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1224.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1226.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1226.jpg\" alt=\"Vishnu Temple\" \/><\/a><\/br>Vishnu Temple<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1225.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1225.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon Rim\" \/><\/a><\/br>Canyon Rim<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-4\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1221.jpg\" alt=\"Duck on a Rock\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1223.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1224.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1226.jpg\" alt=\"Vishnu Temple\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1225.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon Rim\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-4, #splide-thumb-4 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1221.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1221.jpg\" alt=\"Duck on a Rock\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Duck on a Rock<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">It took quite some imagination to think of this as a duck.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1223.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1223.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">But its white-colored rocks were still a refreshing sight in front of the Grand Canyon behind it.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1224.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1224.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1226.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1226.jpg\" alt=\"Vishnu Temple\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Vishnu Temple<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1225.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1225.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon Rim\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Canyon Rim<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>While the viewpoint was obviously named for the shape of the rock (picture above), I was having a hard time associating that with the shape of a duck. But instead, we found another bird hanging around in its parking lot. <\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-11\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1203Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1203Q10.jpg\" width=\"70%\" alt=\"Raven\" \/><\/a><\/br>Raven<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">At the parking lot of &#8220;Duck on a Rock&#8221;, we ran into another kind of bird.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1205Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1205Q10.jpg\" width=\"54%\" alt=\"Raven\" \/><\/a><\/br>Raven<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">At the parking lot of &#8220;Duck on a Rock&#8221;, we ran into another kind of bird.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1207Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1207Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Raven\" \/><\/a><\/br>Raven<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">At the parking lot of &#8220;Duck on a Rock&#8221;, we ran into another kind of bird.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1213Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1213Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Raven\" \/><\/a><\/br>Raven<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">After leaving the previous handrail, it went on a little excursion on the ice.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1214Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1214Q10.jpg\" width=\"91%\" alt=\"Raven\" \/><\/a><\/br>Raven<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">After leaving the previous handrail, it went on a little excursion on the ice.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1219q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1219q10.jpg\" alt=\"Raven\" \/><\/a><\/br>Raven<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Oh, its eyeball.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1220Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1220Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Raven\" \/><\/a><\/br>Raven<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">It must be so thirsty that it&#8217;s eating ice?<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1243Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1243Q10.jpg\" width=\"54%\" alt=\"Raven\" \/><\/a><\/br>Raven<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Later at the parking lot of Moran Point, we ran into another raven. This one was pretty content hiding back in the bushes.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1245Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1245Q10.jpg\" width=\"54%\" alt=\"Raven\" \/><\/a><\/br>Raven<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Later at the parking lot of Moran Point, we ran into another raven. This one was pretty content hiding back in the bushes.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1246Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1246Q10.jpg\" width=\"48%\" alt=\"Raven\" \/><\/a><\/br>Raven<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Later at the parking lot of Moran Point, we ran into another raven. This one was pretty content hiding back in the bushes.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-11\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1203Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Raven\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1205Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Raven\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1207Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Raven\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1213Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Raven\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1214Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Raven\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1219q10.jpg\" alt=\"Raven\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1220Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Raven\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1243Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Raven\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1245Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Raven\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1246Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Raven\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-11, #splide-thumb-11 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1203Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1203Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Raven\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Raven<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">At the parking lot of &#8220;Duck on a Rock&#8221;, we ran into another kind of bird.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1205Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1205Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Raven\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Raven<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">At the parking lot of &#8220;Duck on a Rock&#8221;, we ran into another kind of bird.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1207Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1207Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Raven\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Raven<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">At the parking lot of &#8220;Duck on a Rock&#8221;, we ran into another kind of bird.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1213Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1213Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Raven\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Raven<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">After leaving the previous handrail, it went on a little excursion on the ice.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1214Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1214Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Raven\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Raven<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">After leaving the previous handrail, it went on a little excursion on the ice.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1219q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1219q10.jpg\" alt=\"Raven\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Raven<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Oh, its eyeball.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1220Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1220Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Raven\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Raven<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">It must be so thirsty that it&#8217;s eating ice?<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1243Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1243Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Raven\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Raven<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Later at the parking lot of Moran Point, we ran into another raven. This one was pretty content hiding back in the bushes.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1245Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1245Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Raven\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Raven<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Later at the parking lot of Moran Point, we ran into another raven. This one was pretty content hiding back in the bushes.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1246Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1246Q10.jpg\" alt=\"Raven\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Raven<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Later at the parking lot of Moran Point, we ran into another raven. This one was pretty content hiding back in the bushes.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h4><span id=\"Grandview_Point\">Grandview Point<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Next we reached Grandview Point. Nearby was the site of a prosperous copper mine at the turn of 19\/20 century. But unfortunately the difficulty of bringing ore back to canyon rim meant the mine didn&#8217;t stay profitable for long. Yet with the mining infrastructure, Grandview Point was the site of Grand Canyon&#8217;s first hotel, attracting tourists before the railway age.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1233_DSC_1240-8.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1233_DSC_1240-8.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon from Grandview Point\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Grand Canyon from Grandview Point<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-3\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1227.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1227.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Horseshoe Mesa in the lower foreground.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1228.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1228.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1241.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1241.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1230.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1230.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Colorado River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Colorado River<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1231.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1231.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1229.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1229.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon Rim with Snow\" \/><\/a><\/br>Canyon Rim with Snow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-3\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1227.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1228.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1241.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1230.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Colorado River\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1231.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1229.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon Rim with Snow\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-3, #splide-thumb-3 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos from Grandview Point.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1227.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1227.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Horseshoe Mesa in the lower foreground.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1228.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1228.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1241.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1241.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1230.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1230.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Colorado River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Colorado River<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1231.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1231.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1229.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1229.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon Rim with Snow\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Canyon Rim with Snow<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h4><span id=\"Moran_Point\">Moran Point<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>This vista was named after Thomas Moran, who accompanied John Powell for his survey of the Colorado River in 1873. <\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-2\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1249.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1249.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1250.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1250.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Newton Butte and O&#8217;Neill Butte.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1251.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1251.jpg\" alt=\"Angels Gate\" \/><\/a><\/br>Angels Gate<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1252.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1252.jpg\" alt=\"Colorado River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Colorado River<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1253.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1253.jpg\" alt=\"Colorado River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Colorado River<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Upstream towards the east, the canyon opened up and didn&#8217;t feel as grand.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1255.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1255.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon Rim\" \/><\/a><\/br>Canyon Rim<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-2\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1249.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1250.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1251.jpg\" alt=\"Angels Gate\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1252.jpg\" alt=\"Colorado River\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1253.jpg\" alt=\"Colorado River\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1255.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon Rim\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-2, #splide-thumb-2 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1249.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1249.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1250.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1250.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Newton Butte and O&#8217;Neill Butte.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1251.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1251.jpg\" alt=\"Angels Gate\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Angels Gate<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1252.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1252.jpg\" alt=\"Colorado River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Colorado River<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1253.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1253.jpg\" alt=\"Colorado River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Colorado River<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Upstream towards the east, the canyon opened up and didn&#8217;t feel as grand.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1255.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1255.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon Rim\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Canyon Rim<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h4><span id=\"Desert_View_Point\">Desert View Point<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Finally, we reached Desert View Point at around 1:30pm, the easternmost vista in the park.<br \/>\nHere it felt like the edge of the Grand Canyon. Towards the east, it&#8217;s the layered canyons that we felt so familiar throughout our 2-day tour. Towards the north where the Colorado River came from, it&#8217;s still a canyon landscape, but less convoluted, less steep, and more straightforward, as the river simplified the geological layers around it.<br \/>\nThis sight in front reminded me of the metaphor of life. In the north the river was in its youth, vibrantly beaming in the sun. Below the viewpoint it made a turn towards the west as it matured, with all its bewildering magnificence in full display before envied eyes. But at the same time, its labyrinth of canyons was both sophisticated and aloof, in somber colors against the sun. Like a man in his prime age, decorous and solemn.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1267_DSC_1280-14.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1267_DSC_1280-14.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon from Desert View\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Grand Canyon from Desert View<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1281.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1281.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1264.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1264.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1283.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1283.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Jupiter Temple, Venus Temple and Apollo Temple.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1266.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1266.jpg\" alt=\"Colorado River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Colorado River<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From this point upstream the canyon wasn&#8217;t as grand with fewer geological layers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1284.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1284.jpg\" alt=\"Fields to the East\" \/><\/a><\/br>Fields to the East<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The canyon of Little Colorado River was barely visible in the center.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1265.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1265.jpg\" alt=\"Boulders and Fields to the East\" \/><\/a><\/br>Boulders and Fields to the East<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1285.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1285.jpg\" alt=\"Desert View Tower\" \/><\/a><\/br>Desert View Tower<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Unfortunately closed due to COVID.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1281.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1264.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1283.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1266.jpg\" alt=\"Colorado River\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1284.jpg\" alt=\"Fields to the East\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1265.jpg\" alt=\"Boulders and Fields to the East\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1285.jpg\" alt=\"Desert View Tower\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-1, #splide-thumb-1 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1281.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1281.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1264.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1264.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1283.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1283.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Grand Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Jupiter Temple, Venus Temple and Apollo Temple.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1266.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1266.jpg\" alt=\"Colorado River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Colorado River<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From this point upstream the canyon wasn&#8217;t as grand with fewer geological layers.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1284.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1284.jpg\" alt=\"Fields to the East\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Fields to the East<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The canyon of Little Colorado River was barely visible in the center.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1265.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1265.jpg\" alt=\"Boulders and Fields to the East\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Boulders and Fields to the East<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1285.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1285.jpg\" alt=\"Desert View Tower\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Desert View Tower<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Unfortunately closed due to COVID.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Drive_towards_Phoenix\">Drive towards Phoenix<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>After that, we left the park and headed east. <\/p>\n<h4><span id=\"Little_Colorado_River_Navajo_Tribal_Park\">Little Colorado River Navajo Tribal Park<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Compared with its bigger brother of Grand Canyon National Park, this Navajo tribal park didn&#8217;t see nearly as many visitors. Yet just 600 meters from its parking lot, we were at the edge of Little Colorado River Canyon, a Tributary of Colorado River. <\/p>\n<p>Here the canyon wall didn&#8217;t contain as many geological layers as the nearby Grand Canyon, but the steep drop-off of 500 meters was a different scene not often seen in Grand Canyon. To spice things up, here Little Colorado River made a 180-degree turn, so it&#8217;s a sight that rivaled the Horseshoe Bend of the Colorado River. Except the rocks here weren&#8217;t that rich in color, and the viewpoint was off-center, two unfortunate factors for its lack of popularity.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1292_DSC_1305-14.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1292_DSC_1305-14.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon of Little Colorado River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Canyon of Little Colorado River<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-12\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1286.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1286.jpg\" alt=\"Little Colorado River Gorge\" \/><\/a><\/br>Little Colorado River Gorge<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1287.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1287.jpg\" alt=\"Little Colorado River Gorge\" \/><\/a><\/br>Little Colorado River Gorge<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1288.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1288.jpg\" width=\"45%\" alt=\"Little Colorado River Gorge\" \/><\/a><\/br>Little Colorado River Gorge<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/IMG_20220115_142232_MP.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/IMG_20220115_142232_MP.jpg\" width=\"50%\" alt=\"Little Colorado River Gorge\" \/><\/a><\/br>Little Colorado River Gorge<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1308.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1308.jpg\" alt=\"Little Colorado River Gorge\" \/><\/a><\/br>Little Colorado River Gorge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-12\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1286.jpg\" alt=\"Little Colorado River Gorge\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1287.jpg\" alt=\"Little Colorado River Gorge\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1288.jpg\" alt=\"Little Colorado River Gorge\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20220115_142232_MP.jpg\" alt=\"Little Colorado River Gorge\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1308.jpg\" alt=\"Little Colorado River Gorge\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-12, #splide-thumb-12 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the Little Colorado River.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1286.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1286.jpg\" alt=\"Little Colorado River Gorge\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Little Colorado River Gorge<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1287.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1287.jpg\" alt=\"Little Colorado River Gorge\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Little Colorado River Gorge<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1288.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1288.jpg\" alt=\"Little Colorado River Gorge\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Little Colorado River Gorge<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/IMG_20220115_142232_MP.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/IMG_20220115_142232_MP.jpg\" alt=\"Little Colorado River Gorge\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Little Colorado River Gorge<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1308.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1308.jpg\" alt=\"Little Colorado River Gorge\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Little Colorado River Gorge<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/IMG_20220115_155543_MP.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/IMG_20220115_155543_MP.jpg\" alt=\"Ribs\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Ribs<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">For a rather late lunch, my friend decided to have some proper meat after yesterday&#8217;s odyssey at Bright Angel Trail. He picked this barbeque restaurant in Flagstaff, and introduced me to the wonderful art of rib barbeque. And since the restaurant didn&#8217;t have nutrition labels, I loved it, so much that a week after the trip, I tried making it at home with my limited cooking skills and supplies. It ended with me not bothering to prepare proper barbeque sauces (which would involve purchasing 10 ingredients foreign to my cookbook), and I regretted it the moment I opened up the oven, which since I don&#8217;t want to pollute my audience&#8217;s visions I won&#8217;t show here.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>After many vistas along the way and a late lunch in town, by the time we left Flagstaff, it&#8217;s 4:30pm.<\/p>\n<h4><span id=\"I70_Scenic_View\">I70 Scenic View<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>A not-so-scenic view along I70, east of Sedona, southbound lanes only. After that, the highway went on a long and continuous downhill until reaching Camp Verde.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1311_DSC_1324-14.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1311_DSC_1324-14.jpg\" alt=\"View from I70 Scenic View\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>View from I70 Scenic View<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-13\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1309.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1309.jpg\" alt=\"Landscape\" \/><\/a><\/br>Landscape<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1310.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1310.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1325.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1325.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Most likely Woods Canyon, leading to the south of Village of Oak Creek.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-13\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1309.jpg\" alt=\"Landscape\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1310.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1325.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-13, #splide-thumb-13 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos from roadside scenic view.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1309.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1309.jpg\" alt=\"Landscape\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Landscape<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1310.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1310.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1325.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1325.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Most likely Woods Canyon, leading to the south of Village of Oak Creek.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h4><span id=\"Piestewa_Peak_Park\">Piestewa Peak Park<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>It was almost 7pm by the time we reached the outskirts of Phoenix, but our flight back to Detroit wasn&#8217;t supposed to depart until 10:45pm. With some time to kill, we decided to find somewhere with views of Phoenix&#8217;s skyline at night, and we picked Piestewa Peak Park.<\/p>\n<p>We made it inside the park before its entrance gate closed at 7pm. The park was pretty quiet at night, except for some Latino families hosting festive celebrations. While from Piestewa Peak the Phoenix Skyline should be clearly visible, we weren&#8217;t in the mood for more exercise in the dark, after yesterday&#8217;s odyssey of Bright Angel Trail. So we picked a small hill not far from the parking lot and went up there.<br \/>\nUnfortunately that meant our views of city lights were limited. But nonetheless we sat there and chatted for half an hour in gentle breeze, before continuing towards Phoenix. <\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-14\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1326.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1326.jpg\" alt=\"Phoenix at Night\" \/><\/a><\/br>Phoenix at Night<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1328.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1328.jpg\" alt=\"Phoenix at Night\" \/><\/a><\/br>Phoenix at Night<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1332.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1332.jpg\" alt=\"Piestewa Peak at Night\" \/><\/a><\/br>Piestewa Peak at Night<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A few brief hikers were on the mountain with their cellphone lights.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1333.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1333.jpg\" alt=\"Parking Lots\" \/><\/a><\/br>Parking Lots<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-14\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1326.jpg\" alt=\"Phoenix at Night\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1328.jpg\" alt=\"Phoenix at Night\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1332.jpg\" alt=\"Piestewa Peak at Night\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1333.jpg\" alt=\"Parking Lots\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-14, #splide-thumb-14 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1326.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1326.jpg\" alt=\"Phoenix at Night\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Phoenix at Night<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1328.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1328.jpg\" alt=\"Phoenix at Night\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Phoenix at Night<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1332.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1332.jpg\" alt=\"Piestewa Peak at Night\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Piestewa Peak at Night<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A few brief hikers were on the mountain with their cellphone lights.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/DSC_1333.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/01\/15\/thumbnails\/DSC_1333.jpg\" alt=\"Parking Lots\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Parking Lots<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>After that, we returned the rental car and made our way to the airport, ready for our flight back.<br \/>\nEND<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seventh and last day of my 2021 Arizona trip, my friend and I would spend the day visit the few vistas along the southern rim of Grand Canyon National Park, before driving back to Phoenix later in the&#8230; 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