Trip to the Southwest- Grand Canyon

The third part of our week-long trip to the Southwest was to the Grand Canyon. In the hot air balloon in Sedona, one of the other passengers told us that the park had opened THAT morning because the state was going to fund it... so we got some camping gas in town and then headed north, up Oak Creek, from Sedona to Tusuyan and into the grand Canyon. Having just opened there were VERY few people there which was eerie considering how busy it was the following week. I figured they were keeping it private for my new fiance and me :)

 Budding juniper

 Yes, I still have the same fleece... it is now nine years old.

 Canis latrans?

 Tarantula!

 Colorado River from the east

 Western part of G.C. National Park... maybe Mojave Point

 California Condors (Gymnogyps californianus) flying at sunset

 Light changes the canyon. Dusk with condors soaring

BULL ELK