To America : Grand Canyon , I came

Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon, I came

to Las Vegas and never left," Grand Canyon" beautiful landscape, because one of the world's seven wonders of the Grand Canyon, in close proximity, so either arrange day trips, superficial type of stroke, or the depth of the multi-day trips to visit the Grand Canyon of the peculiar landscape certainly worth a visit.

to the Grand Canyon from Las Vegas, about 400 miles, take the car to be 5 hours one way, although the pain of bumpy journey But along the way enjoy the beautiful scenery, including the Middle Lake and Hoover Dam.

across the Colorado River to enter Arizona, Grand Canyon National Park is the location. The park was established in 1919, representing the world's first national park - Yellowstone National Park 47 years later, and the Grand Canyon Park area of ​​4931 square kilometers, only half of Yellowstone National Park.

charming place, but the Grand Canyon is a rugged rock face, with the image of the sun and clouds chase, so that the color of canyon ever-changing, form psychedelic wonders. In addition, the Colorado River endless stretches of river, flowing in the winding canyon scene, it is captivating.

Colorado River's water flow from east to west, the Grand Canyon National Park, cut into two pieces across the waist, across the river is the northern margin of the , the southern tip of the southern edge of the river, and the southern margin of the northern margin of the traffic between there Kaiba Bo bridge, only for pedestrians crossing. Colorado river width of 100 meters, a depth of 15 meters, long years of erosion on both sides of rock, progressive erosion and expansion of the Grand Canyon area, the current width of the Grand Canyon from 6 km to 29 km range, up to 349 km, and its depth is 1600 meters, high and low drop significantly.

widening area of ​​the Grand Canyon is another reason why a large number of snow cover in winter in the top of the Grand Canyon, the day the temperature rose, the water flowing down into rock cracks. But after nightfall, the temperature decreased, chimney hydrogel freezes in the snow, Splitting the rock, into a number of pebbles rolled into the canyon.

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In addition, trees growing on rocks, tree roots are deeply rooted in the rocks, roots grow thicker, resulting in rock crack. These natural phenomena long years, the cycle of operation, gradually expand the area of ​​the canyon.

to the Grand Canyon travel and exploration, the more moderate southern climate, and close to Las Vegas, Nevada, and Phoenix, Arizona City, out of more tourists. The northern margin of the higher ground, and the deep snow in winter, every year only 5 months to October visitors can enter, regardless of the northern margin of the southern margin of, or visitors can view the rock on the edge of the impressive Grand Canyon of the original style, panoramic view of the rugged rocks, and lamented the magic of nature.

but if you want deep depths of the canyon, or visit the Grand Canyon, the source of life," Colorado River" rapids, or the understanding of the local indigenous people" Indians" of life circumstances, it would take a donkey or on foot. According to local residents, walk to the north by the southern edge of adventure travel is the first downhill, then uphill, due to very steep mountain road, very physical and will power of tourists tests, and it takes 4 days, or more time days.

The first visit to the Grand Canyon tight schedule, I just to the south edge of the edge of the lookout Grand Canyon for the magnificence, it really is a well-deserved reputation. Blue skies that day is good weather, blue sky, with no clouds, the sun will shine out of the Grand Canyon a golden rock.

from the observation deck overlooking the southern edge of the northern edge of the north, as is a sunny relationship, vision more clearly. Grand Canyon had just been to the snow, the snow has not melted on the road, there on the rocks dotted the snow, the sun's glow, the scene like a painting.

change with the seasons, the Grand Canyon can show different kinds of styles. To the Grand Canyon, the influence of the space created all things in the universe, the sense of individual is very small.

returned by the Grand Canyon back to Las Vegas, seem to have returned to the mundane world, it has begun to emphasize the material life, hanging around in Las Vegas, is the real life.