We made it to "Grand Canyon West" on Sunday. It was a 2.5 hr drive from Vegas to GCW, and well worth the trip... The last 21 miles of the road were "primitive" highway, gravel with potholes and "rumble strips" the whole way. (Fortunately, we were in a rental) Doing the Skywalk is a bit expensive. We opted for the cheapest package ($81/ea) but the views and the sensation of walking in the air were absolutely amazing. It is a must do. No cameras were allowed on the walk, so this is the only picture I could get for the blog.
The Hualapi tribe members are great people. We probably stood on the
walk for 45 minutes talking about the canyon and the construction of
the walk. During a discussion about why no personal items are allowed
on the walk with the guy manning the "pay for a photo" station he said,
"It a LONG way down, and there is nothing soft down there" It's just
over 4000ft from the floor of the Canyon.
So next entry should contain some geek speak from CEC...
Careful in that rental, I'm paying... :)
Posted by Scott on October 09, 2007 at 02:22 PM EDT #