"Don't you want to see the Grand Canyon, Clark?"
"Ok, let's go."
Posted on 09/04/2014 10:06:13 AM PDT by the scotsman
So would many disabled, especially veterans.
What's the point of posting something without comment?
Agree...
Do it.
Why shouldn’t the Indians be allowed to prosper and flourish?
Further, I can make the hike to the bottom and back up and would very much enjoy the hike.
however, many people can’t and others have their own tribe of gaggles to drag around.
This would afford them the opportunity to have an amazing experience, taking in the magnificence and beauty of being immersed in an incredibly awesome place.
It was almost right out of national lampoon vacation. They drove there, got out of the car, looked for a few minutes and drove back home.
My husband and I went to the Grand Canyon while returning from TX to CA.
We spent the night, looked the next morning then left.
I could not take watching s bunch of reckless people get too close to edges, and actually jump from the trails to outcroppings! (hoodoos)
I don’t either. I have a “good roads association” road map book for Arizona from 1910. In it they explain a road will be built to the river soon. I guess it proved a little more difficult than first imagined.
A tram to the bottom would be very neat.
” We also did the donkey trip to the bottom of the canyon”
I wouldn’t do that for a billion dollars (the fear of heights thing.)
When I was in Molokai friends rode on mules down to the Kalaupapa peninsula but I was perfectly happy staying on the overlook.
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You might want to read up a little on the history of the NP. Large portions of many national parks were contributed by greedy capitalists (mainly the Rockefellers) to the government for the enjoyment of ALL of the people.
National Parks are an idea that was hatched in the capitalist West and funded by capitalists.
Every time I visit a NP in the west I'm thankful that this land was aquired from Mexico and the most beautiful parts preserved for our enjoyment and the enjoyment of future citizens. If the Mexicans or Indians still controlled these areas they would look like Las Vegas.
Here’s the road (from Peach Springs)to the Colorado.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQdmFvBOeGw
From that darn Wiki, “...Diamond Creek Road is graded in the river canyon adjacent to, and in some cases, within the streambed of Diamond Creek. Diamond Creek Road provides the only vehicular access to the Colorado River between Lees Ferry, 225 miles upriver and Pierce Ferry, 52 miles downriver.[1] This access makes Diamond Creek a popular location for whitewater rafting trips to take out from trips through the Grand Canyon. Rafting trips also launch from the same location and proceed downriver to Lake Mead. The Hualapai tribal government charges a fee for all vehicles and people traversing the road...”
No thanks, the news is biased, but the rest of the BBC is great.
Not just the US Park Service. Your description fits the US federal government as a whole. Mob rule by mobsters with Dons, Capos and Goons. I respect the US government the same way and for the same reason I respect the Mafia. The rescet does not flow from any sense that the government is “legitimate.” Nothing but a bunch of thugs.
The Havisupaiute built a cantilevered glass overlook just down stream from the park on reservation land. So, that is the precedent for the Navajo.
The attraction will provide grist for the Japaneese and European tourist busses mill
"Don't you want to see the Grand Canyon, Clark?"
"Ok, let's go."
This is how it works: National Parks are where we have preserved land for snail darters and other wild creatures. Not-in-National-Parks is where we have economic development.
I realize the proposed development is not in the park, but it is close enough to have an impact.
“Could this be the end of the Grand Canyon?”
Before I (barely) glanced at the article I thought the BBC was lamenting the fact that the canyon had nearly filled up from rocks being tossed in by tourists.
The Lodge at Bryce Canyon serves excellent bison dishes. I'm sure the GC has fine dining as well.
They sure do...I think it costs $80+ a person for the Overlook platform, and I don't believe you can take your own pictures.
No kidding. Where I lived in Germany, I could travel through five countries before lunch: Germany, Luxembourg, France, Belgium, and Holland.
That is the road mentioned. Peach Springs to Mesquite Spring past Point Sublime and on to the river. 21.5mi (maybe to be built in 1913)
I can’t believe I didn’t travel it. Thanks
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