Views of Arizona: Morning in the Grand Canyon Village

Like any landscape, the Grand Canyon's appearance changes in different light, in different weather, and in different seasons, but the sheer magnitude of the vista is unlike any other. Here's what we saw on our last morning at the national monument, July 19, 2018.

Grand Canyon

Salt and pepper shakers
El Tovar

Mary Colter's Hopi House (1905)

Verkamp's

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Views of Arizona: El Tovar Hotel Lobby

The spacious lobby of El Tovar Hotel in the Grand Canyon Village includes several mounted animal trophy heads. Surely these animals must have influenced Walt Disney's Country Bear Jamboree theme park attraction.

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Views of Arizona: Storm Over the Grand Canyon

We arrived  at the Grand Canyon late in the afternoon on July 17, 2018. We had hoped to see a spectacular sunset. Instead, because it was monsoon season, we saw this:

Sunset from El Tovar

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