Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Grand Canyon #1

The day after we visited Sedona, we planned to head to the Grand Canyon.  When we were talking to a volunteer at the ranger station near Sedona, he suggested that we postpone our Grand Canyon journey one day as snow was predicted on the south rim.  He said that the following day should be beautiful and the clouds would be gone.  We decided to have a down day and just chill out at the campground.  It was a wise decision.


 This is the view out our living room window so we had a swim in the indoor pool and hot tub..


 
 
The weather was still overcast and cold the next day so we extended our stay at the park.  Hopefully, we can go tomorrow.  We decided instead to go to the Grand Canyon Caverns.
 
 
 
 
It is in the top three percent of the driest caverns in the world and the driest in the USA.   
 
 
 



During the Cuban missal crisis, President Kennedy had stores of survival supplies stored in all the caverns in the U.S.  There is enough here to support 2000 people for two weeks.
 




Several marriages have taken place here. 


 
 
 
 
This giant sloth fell into the cavern years ago and was preserved due to the dryness.
 
 
 

 
We drove back to the RV park through Seligman.
 




 
 
How many of you remember this?
 




 
 
 

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