From a Guest
This afternoon I opened my email to find a gift. A surprise actually. One of my guests on the last Canyon Tour, took some incredible video and photos of the tour and posted them on YouTube.
You just never know who you have on tour. As in this case, I learned from her YouTube profile that she is a Artists and former Opera singer. The artists part I found out by watching the crowds gather every time she sat down on the edge of a canyon. I first thought by the shear numbers of people, that I lost a guest over the edge and went to see.
But nope, it was her. Sitting on the edge, she would break out the water colors and in mere minutes have a painting of the landscape done. Like it was nothing…. She has included some of them in her videos. I will post the other videos later this month. Or just go to YouTube and watch them for yourself.
How Close??
When we have a tour to the canyons or off the strip, I always tell my guests to have their camera ready because you just never know what you will see. A trip to the Grand Canyon is not like a trip to the local zoo where everything is predictable and on a time schedule. The wild animals do not make an announcement and there is no sure time to see them.
The wildlife have a schedule all to themselves. They just sneak up and show up!
At the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, your best times are early morning or late afternoon. And you need to be ready. Like this fella. He and a couple of other elk were just forging around in the woods alongside the road.
As always, I warn my guests that they are wild. They may be used to people being around them doens’t mean they will accept you. Especially if there are young ones around. So DO NOT Approach!! Snap the picture and move on…