--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "hugheshugo" > <richardhughes103@> wrote: > > > > I always liked the way scientists name stars etc. after > > the ancient myths, I didn't know about the GC though. > > Would love to see it someday, Ihear it,s over a mile > > to the bottom, I could take my mountain bike and have > > a scream! > > The Grand Canyon is pretty much on the "Don't Miss!" > list for planet Earth. It is beyond description. > That said, I'll try to describe it a little. :-) > > The first thing that gets you is the scale. You park > your car and walk out to the Rim, and there it is -- > infinity, all spread out in front of you, for your > amusement and edification.
I would recommend to anybody the way I first saw the Grand Canyon. It wasn't planned; two friends and I were driving cross-country on a tight schedule and could fit in a stop at the canyon only by driving all night. We arrived while it was still pitch-dark and went to sit near the edge waiting for the sun to come up. There was no moon, so we couldn't see much of anything, but there was a strange sense of this gaping void stretching out in front of us. Then as it began to get light, the real extent of that extraordinary void very gradually materialized out of the darkness. Absolutely stunning.
