"MY VISIT TO THE GRAND CANYON"

 

     AGAIN !!!

 

THE LAST FULL DAY OF MY BREAK IN LAS VEGAS AND A GREAT ONE IT PROVED TO BE.

 

A LONG LONG JOURNEY BUT VERY WELL WORTH IT YES A LIFETIME MEMORY FOR ME.

 

WE SET OFF TO GO FIND THE GREAT GRAND CANYON SO ON THE ROAD ONCE MORE.

 

MY SON REALY WANTED TO SEE THIS WONDER THEN ONTO ARIZONA NEXT DOOR.

 

THEN  HE HAD IN MIND TO DRIVE FURTHER AND RIDE OVER UTAH GROUND.

 

I THINK SO HE COULD LET ME SAY MORE STATES I HAD BEEN IN AND FOUND.

 

THE CANYON WAS QUITE A WAY TO GO BEFORE WE DID OTHER MILES.

 

AND I WASN'T BOTHERED AS WHILST I WAS TRAVELLING I RELAXED THESE OLD LEGS A WHILE.  HE-HE.

 

SUN BEAMING DOWN ONCE AGAIN WHAT A DIFFERANCE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER MAKES.

 

LETS FACE IT TOO WHEN IT'S SUNNY AND WARM THE CAMERA A BETTER SNAP TAKES.

 

AS WE PASSED BY LAKE MEAD I  SAID GOODBYE AND AT LAST THE CANYON WE FOUND .

 

HERE IS THE PICTURE ON ENTERING AND THE LOVELY FOREST TRUST GROUND.

 

THE ENTRANCE FEE WAS SEVEN DOLLARS A WEEKLY PASS YOU THEN GOT.

 

MY WORD THE TEMPS REACHED  A HUNDRED AND FIVE BLIMEY IT WAS RED HOT.

 

I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD STAND THESE TEMPS BUT I DID'NT FEEL BAD AT ALL.

 

SOMETHING IN QUITE A LOT OF YEARS WITH THE SUN  I CANNOT RECALL.

 

THEN AGAIN I HAD MY NEW POSH HAT ON  HE - HE - HE - HE - HE.

 

THE BRIM WAS THAT BIG IT COVERED ME ALL I'M SUPRIZED ANYONE COULD SEE ME.

 

TWO ENTRANCE POINTS WERE OPEN ONE FOR VISITORS ALONE.

 

THE OTHER WAS FOR PEOPLE ON VACATION WHO HAD BOOKED  A  HOLIDAY  HOME.

 

THE QUEUE IT WENT DOWN VERY QUICKLY AND I WAS SO SUPRIZED.

 

THEN THROUGH THE GROUNDS THE FORESTRY IT REALY OPENED MY EYES.

 

TREES SO GREEN TO SAY THE SUN WAS SO HOT THIS AMAZED ME SO.

 

THROUGH THE TREES LITTLE HOLIDAY HOMES ONE CAN SEE AS ALONG YOU GO..

 

WE COULD SEE SOME GROUND  THAT WAS SMOULDERING TOO AND A SIGN WHICH CAUGHT OUR EYE.

 

IT SAID FIRES WERE ON HIGH ALERT THAT DAY AS EVERYTHING WAS SO DRY.

 

MY HEART TOOK A DIP ON READING THIS BUT ASSURED BY MY SON WE'D BE FINE.

 

SO I TOOK HIM TO HIS WORD AND SETTLED ON HAVING A REALY GOOD TIME. 

 

WHILST TRAVELLING THROUGH THE FORESTS I COULD SEE PLENTY TREES ALL BLACK .

 

THE ONES WHICH OBVIOUSLY HAD BURNED AWAY OR HAD DIED FROM WATER LACK.

 

THEN WE SPOTTED A SIGN FOR ONE OF THE CAR PARKS TO THE CANYON AND WE FINALLY GOT OUT.

 

WOW!!! WE WERE ALL ASTONISHED IT'S SPECTACULAR WITHOUT A DOUBT.

 

I WANTED TO YELL AT THE TOP OF MY VIOCE I IMAGINED  AN ECHO RETURN.

 

OH! HOW MUCH I WANTED TO DO THIS I REALY REALY DID YEARN.

 

DOWN SOME STONE STEPS WE WANDERED FOR THE FIRST GLIMPST TO CATCH OUR EYES.

 

AMAZING AGAIN WHAT A FEELING I WAS QUIVERING SO MESMERIZED.

 

THE ENORMITY UNBELIEVABLE VAST JUST ISN'T THE WORD.

 

IT IS ABSOLUTLY INCREDIBLE MORE FANTSTIC THAN I HAD HEARD.

 

I GASPED AS I SAW THIS WONDERMENT  I NEVER IMAGINED THIS SIGHT.

 

EVERYONE ELSES FACES JUST FROZE STUNNED YOU FREEZE UP TIGHT.

 

INSTEAD OF THE AQUA BLUE THAT YOUV'E SEEN GOLDS AND REDS AND BROWNS.

 

EVERY AUTUMN COLOUR  ERUPTS FROM THIS WONDERFUL CANYON GROUND.

 

MY PICTURES DON'T SHOW AS MUCH COLOUR MY FRIENDS AS THE HOOVER DAM I KNOW.

 

BUT BELIEVE ME THEY WERE MAGNIFCENT JUST AS LOVELY AND SO.

 

THIS WAS ONLY ONE POINT OF THE CANYON THERES SO MANY POINTS YOU CAN VIEW.

 

FROM WALKWAYS YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT OF THIS PIC LEADING TO SOMETHING NEW.

 

IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE OTHER POINTS YOU HAVE TO GET IN THE CAR.

 

AS THE CANYON IS VAST SO MANY MILES WIDE AND LONG IT IS MILES TOO FAR.

 

WELL WE WALKED AND WALKED  ROUND THIS WONDER TAKING OUR SNAPS AND THEN.

 

WE CAME ACROSS THE SOUVENIER SHOP SO KATH WAS HAPPY AGAIN. HE-HE.

 

OUT CAME MY PURSE ONCE MORE MY FRIENDS TO BUY MYSELF A NEW BOOK.

 

I SAW THIS ONE AND I THOUGHT OF INDIGO AND SO I TOOK ME A LOOK.

 

 

YES I BET THIS IS INTERESTING READING SO I BOUGHT IT RIGHT AWAY.

 

I HAVE ONLY READ THE FIRST CHAPTER AS YET BUT I KNOW I WILL FINISH IT ONE DAY. 

 

ABOUT A FAMILY WHO STAYED WITH THE HAVASUPAI FOR ALMOST ELEVEN YEARS.

 

A DAUGHTER ALEXA BORN HERE TO THEM AND IT BRINGS YOU MANY TEARS.

 

IF YOU HAVN'T HEARD OF INDIGO MY FRIENDS HERE  IS HER URL.

 

SHE HAS A MARVELOUS JOURNAL AND I AM SO VERY PROUD TO TELL.

 

WELL THE WALKING WE DID WAS TIRING ME NOW BY THE LATE AFTERNOON.

 

SO SON DECIDED WE'D GET IN THE CAR AND TRAVEL FURTHER NOW SOON.

 

WE LEFT THE CANYON AND STEADILY DROVE ONTO ARIZONA WE WENT.

 

A WONDERFUL AFTERNOON AT THE CANYON WE ALL REALY LOVED AND SPENT.

 

SO OUT OF NEVADA INTO ARIZONA MILES AND MILES OF BARE PLAIN.

 

SANDY DESERT LOOKING HIGHWAYS EVERYTHING DRY OF NO RAIN.

 

I WAS STILL REALY INTERESTED IN ALL OF THIS AND STILL TAKING LOTS OF PICS.

 

WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE SAW CARTWHEELS THEY FLASHED BY IN A TICK.

 

AH!! SO THERE REALY WAS LIFE OUT HERE I THOUGHT AS I PASSED ON BY.

 

I WAS BEGINNING TO THINK WE WERE LOST SO I SETTLED DOWN WITH A SIGH.

 

ANOTHER LOOKED LIKE SOME KIND OF GARDEN CENTRE BUT SON HE DIDN'T WANT TO STOP.

 

AS WE HAD MILESTO TRAVEL BACK TO VEGAS AND KNEW LIKELY I'D BUY THE LOT  HE-HE..

 

ANYONE FOR A CARTWHEEL I THOUGHT DECORATIVE THINGS I THINK.

 

THEN THE STORE WAS GONE BEFORE I KNEW IT OR I HAD TIME TO BLINK.

 

HAD I HAVE STOPPED I COULDN'T HAVE BOUGHT GOODS AS TRANSPORTING THEM BACK TO HOME .

 

IN ENGLAND WOULD COST ME A FORTUNE AND THEN I WOULD PROBABLY MOAN .  HE-HE.

 

SON THEN SAID MUM I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU YOUR NOT IN ARIZONA ANYMORE.

 

WE HAVE JUST TRAVELLED INTO UTAH SO I GOT OUT AND I TOUCHED THE FLOOR.

 

THREE STATES I HAD BEEN IN ALL IN ONE DAY WHICH I THOUGHT WAS GREAT I CAN NOW.

 

TELL PEOPLE IV'E BEEN TO NEVADA  ARIZONA AND UTAH AS WELL OH!! !! WOW !!

 

MOUNTAINS APPEARED ALMOST EVERYWHERE ALL SHAPES AND SIZES WE SAW.

 

LOOK AT THE HOUSE AT THE TOP OFTHE MOINTAIN A STEEP CLIMB TO THAT FRONT DOOR (phew)

 

LITTLE INDIAN SHACKS BY THE WAYSIDE TELLING WHAT THINGS YOU COULD  BUY.

 

I WAS HOPING I MIGHT BE ABLE TO SHOP AGAIN  BUT NO I COULDN'T I TRIED. HE-HE.

 

JEWELLERY RUGS AND ALSORTS BUT IT WAS TOO LATE THEY'D CLOSED FOR THE DAY.

 

BY THIS TIME IT WAS WELL TURNED TEA TIME AND THE DARKNESS WAS ON IT'S WAY.

 

SO WHILST ON MY HOLIDAY IN LAS VEGAS I HAD BEEN TO FOUR OF THE STATES.

 

AND EACH ONE HAD THERE DIFFERANCES BUT ALL OF THEM WERE SO GREAT.

 

IN MY HOTEL AT VEGAS I FORGOT TO SAY  I GOT A BIG SUPRIZE.

 

MY NAMESAKE MOTHERHEN CAME TO SEE ME I COULDN'T BELIEVE MY EYES  HE-HE.

 

WELL INCLUDING LOISIANA AT MY SONS I HAD TRAVELLED FIVE STATES IN ALL.

 

AND MOST OF MY HOLIDAY A LAUGH A MINUTE I HAD ME ONE FABULOUS BALL.

 

I HAVN'T QUITE GOT BACK INTO A ROUTINE BUT MY PAINT BRUSH IS TRYING TO SPLASH.

 

SO BYE FOR NOW MY J/LAND FRIENDS FROM MOTHERHEN ALIAS LAUGHING KATH. HE-HE

 

MY NEXT POST WILL BE A MIXED ONE OF VARIOUS THINGS TO SAY.

 

NOW I'LL GO TRY AND POST THIS AGAIN ONE MORE TIME AS IV'E TRIED THREE TIMES TODAY. (GRRRRRRRRRR.AOL)

 

THANKYOU TO J/LAND FOR FOLLOWING ME THROUGH MY HOLIDAY AND TAKING YOUR TIME.

 

TO PLACE ALL YOUR WONDERFUL COMMENTS FOR ME RIGHT HERE IN "MY SIMPLE RHYMES".

 

                    

"GOD BLESS AMERICA  SON YOUR HOME SWEET HOME"

 

I put 51 pictures in this posting and aol have only shown 14 grrrrrrrrrrrrr