We tested ourselves and committed to drive from Oklahoma to California and back in a two week period. We traveled 1001 miles in just one day, which anyone can tell you was quite a feat. We were planning to do a gay Grand Canyon trip along the way.
By the time we reached our first destination, the Grand Canyon, our butts were sore and our eyes burned from being awake for so long in one day. We stopped off in Page, Arizona for a slight breather before continuing on to the Canyon. Let me be the one to say, it was a breath taking sight to see.
No photograph could ever capture the true beauty of it all. We had reached the canyon by dusk and watching the sun peaking through the valley was truly breath taking. We spent the that night at a small lodge about three miles away.
There are so many things to see from hidden water falls to old native villages hidden within the back parts of the canyon. After all you are on one million acres of land. With so many opportunities for exploration the Grand Canyon brings the explorer out while in safe and capable hands of the guides who have been on this river for more than 75 years.
You can spend the money for a mule ride that begins from the south rim and takes travelers down into the canyon allowing one to see the wild life and other natural wonders. Or hike in. However hiking in is suggested for the experienced hiker. Even though one may think they are capable of hiking in and out in one day several people have had to be rescued due to lack of water, heat stroke or random accidents that are known to happen.
There are signs posted that show a well fit man walking into the canyon. The sign reads: Each year we rescue hundreds of people from the canyon. Most of them look like him. Or for the more extreme traveler there are rafting trips that will take you on a 17 day rafting adventure through some of the wildest white waters in the United States. - Although one can go for the 2 hour rafting trip which is the one I took.
It is the lazy man's way of seeing the canyon with no rapids but a great view. If you do decide to take the gay whitewater rafting tours there are three kinds of boats you can travel on. You can take the motor boat which is as I put it before the lazy man's way. Imagine if you will boating on a lake for fishing. The guides take you only on the smoothest course. You can go with the oars, in which case the guide rows while you hang on.
All in all though the experience was well worth it. Especially when a storm blew in. My partner was standing on one of the out looks reading a sign that was posted. The sign said 'If you feel the hairs on your neck stand up, step back. You can be struck by lightening.' Sure enough as he was reading it I watched his hair stand up as if he had been rubbed by a balloon. I snapped a quick shot, he stood back just as a bolt of lightening lit up the entire canyon. Gay Grand Canyon rafting was an amazing experience and one I shall never forget.
By the time we reached our first destination, the Grand Canyon, our butts were sore and our eyes burned from being awake for so long in one day. We stopped off in Page, Arizona for a slight breather before continuing on to the Canyon. Let me be the one to say, it was a breath taking sight to see.
No photograph could ever capture the true beauty of it all. We had reached the canyon by dusk and watching the sun peaking through the valley was truly breath taking. We spent the that night at a small lodge about three miles away.
There are so many things to see from hidden water falls to old native villages hidden within the back parts of the canyon. After all you are on one million acres of land. With so many opportunities for exploration the Grand Canyon brings the explorer out while in safe and capable hands of the guides who have been on this river for more than 75 years.
You can spend the money for a mule ride that begins from the south rim and takes travelers down into the canyon allowing one to see the wild life and other natural wonders. Or hike in. However hiking in is suggested for the experienced hiker. Even though one may think they are capable of hiking in and out in one day several people have had to be rescued due to lack of water, heat stroke or random accidents that are known to happen.
There are signs posted that show a well fit man walking into the canyon. The sign reads: Each year we rescue hundreds of people from the canyon. Most of them look like him. Or for the more extreme traveler there are rafting trips that will take you on a 17 day rafting adventure through some of the wildest white waters in the United States. - Although one can go for the 2 hour rafting trip which is the one I took.
It is the lazy man's way of seeing the canyon with no rapids but a great view. If you do decide to take the gay whitewater rafting tours there are three kinds of boats you can travel on. You can take the motor boat which is as I put it before the lazy man's way. Imagine if you will boating on a lake for fishing. The guides take you only on the smoothest course. You can go with the oars, in which case the guide rows while you hang on.
All in all though the experience was well worth it. Especially when a storm blew in. My partner was standing on one of the out looks reading a sign that was posted. The sign said 'If you feel the hairs on your neck stand up, step back. You can be struck by lightening.' Sure enough as he was reading it I watched his hair stand up as if he had been rubbed by a balloon. I snapped a quick shot, he stood back just as a bolt of lightening lit up the entire canyon. Gay Grand Canyon rafting was an amazing experience and one I shall never forget.
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