We went to many places in Grand Canyon. Many places and points unvisited last night were visited now, Yaki Point, Mather Point, and some Trails. We went on many things, from visiting the Yavapai Geology Museum to walking the famous Bright Angel Trail head. We also walked down to many points, following the bus route. There are four bus routes, purple, orange, red, and blue. The purple shuttle is for the transportation between visitor center and Tusayan. And the rest three shuttle lines are for overlook points, trails, and museums.
We woke up at 7 AM, and . We parked our car at Parking Lot 2 in the visitor center. Parking Lot 1 is for RVs. We first rode the Eastbound Orange route bus to go to Yaki Point. Yaki Point is only accessible by shuttle buses. It was very fun. Next we rode the Westbound orange bus route going to Yavapai Geology Museum. It showed us everything at Grand Canyon, including how it was formed. There is even a 3D model of the Grand Canyon! The Mather Point is behind the Visitor Center. Instead of taking shuttle bus going a round the points, we chose walk to Mather Point from the Visitor Center on our way out of Grand Canyon. The view from Mather Point was grand. It seems a finale for our trip. Of course, the crowds were here as well. Lots of people just plan to come to Mather Point to have a look for their entire trip of Grand Canyon. That is how popular Mather Point is! We saved the best for the last.
Orange Line Shuttle Bus
Yaki Point
Yaki Point, Forming temples from left to right:
Cape Royal, Wotans Throne, Vishnu Temple
Yaki Point, Forming temples
from left to right:
Cape Royal, Wotans Throne,
Vishnu Temple
Yaki Point
Yaki Point
Yaki Point
Yaki Point
Yaki Point
Yaki Point
Yaki Point
Yaki Point
Yaki Point
Yaki Point
Yaki Point
Yaki Point
Yaki Point
Yaki Point
Yaki Point
Yaki Point
Yavapai Geology Museum
View from the museum
View from the museum
The power of freezing water can
break this pipe
3D model of
the Grand Canyon
Trilobite fossils
found in the canyon
Fossils found in the canyon
Map at the museum
Mather Point
Mather Point
Mather Point
Mather Point
Mather Point
Mather Point
Mather Point
Mather Point
Next, we rode onto the blue route. That brought us onto the Bright Angel Trail. You used to pay 1 dollar to use the trail. Luckily, now, it's free. It was a water route a little time ago in the 1900s. This trail is a recommend of 4 day trail leading to reach the Colorado River down at he bottom of the canyon. The scenery of the Colorado River is very beautiful. At the trail exit, sits Kolb Studio. Kolb Studio was very old. It is a cliff house, standing on top of mountain. It was once a home to the Kolb brother's, but now, it is many things all at once, a museum, a gift shop and a exhibition of old Grand Canyon.
Blue Line Shuttle Bus
Bright Angel Trail
Bright Angel Trailhead
At the top of Bright Angel Trail
Bright Angel Trail
Upper Tunnel
Upper Tunnel
Upper Tunnel
Upper Tunnel
Upper Tunnel
View from Upper Tunnel
The other side of Upper Tunnel
On the trail
Trails down to
the Colorado River
See people on top of the mountain
Trail
View from the trail
View from the trail
Close to the Lower Tunnel
At Lower Tunnel
1st stop, 1.3 mile long trail
1st stop, 1.3 mile long trail
1st stop, 1.3 mile long trail
Kolb Studio
Kolb Studio standing no the cliff, watching the Grand Canyon
At last, the red route starts at village transfer, and ends at Hermit's Rest. Many people get off at Hermit's Rest, with a striking amount of approx. 200 visitors per day. There is a big column saying "Hermit's rest". There is also a reason it's called Hermit's Rest. A person was very much like a hermit, and he lived here. It was hard to see him part from his house. We went to all the overlook points, including Maricopa Point, Powell Point, Hopi Point, Mojave Point, the Abyss, and Pima point along with Hermit's Rest. Mojave Point was named after the Mojave sandstone wall. Powell point was named after John Wesley Powell. The Abyss was named after the deep drop. Pima Point was named for its good view of the Colorado Plateau.
Red Line Shuttle Bus
Maricopa Point (trail walk to Powell Point)
Maricopa Point
Maricopa Point
Maricopa Point
Maricopa Point
Maricopa Point
See the Powell Point from far, Maricopa Point
Maricopa Point
Powell Point (trail walk to Hopi Point)
Powell Point
orphan at Powell Point
Powell Point
Powell Point
Hopi Point
Condor nest on battleship rock
Hopi Point
Mohave Point
Mohave Point
Mohave Point
Mohave Point
Mohave Point
Mohave Point
The Abyss
The Abyss
The Abyss
The Abyss
The Abyss
The Abyss
The Abyss
The Abyss
The Abyss
Pima Point
Pima Point
Pima Point
Pima Point
Listen to the rapid water
Pima Point
Pima Point
Pima Point
Hermits Rest
Hermits Rest
Hermits Rest
Hermits Rest
Grand Canyon covered many things. Unvisited last night were visited now. We went on many things, the Yavapai Geology Museum was fun and walking the famous Bright Angel Trail head was tiring. The Hermit's Rest was fun to walk down at.
