Grand Canyon

So after leaving Texas we drove through New Mexico stopping at Socorro and had a successful drone flight at the Box Canyon.

Then an early morning start to the Grand Canyon. I asked someone to take a picture of Ron and I and he hit the black and white button so the first few posts on Facebook were in black and while. What idiot posts pictures of the majesty on the Grand Canyon in black and white? Guilty till I figured out what happened and found the technicolor versions thank goodness.

We went to watch the sunset and while there saw the devil cloud.

The next day we hiked the Bright Angel Trail 1 1/2 miles down, 1 1/2 miles straight back up in one hour and 45 minutes. We encountered Japanese tourists that did their best to block the trail and photo bomb our pictures. So Ron knocked them out of the way and we ventured onward.

Went to a "Star Party" at the GC......very disappointing. Started with a one hour Powerpoint presentation which focused on ancient rock formations that may or may not have been manually arranged to indicate the summer and winter solstices and fall and winter equinoxes. Hell, it's even boring just describing it on the blog. Cathy thought the "Star Party" was a Hollywood celebrity soiree. Obviously, she was more disappointed than I.

Here is a photo taken with my telescope under dark skies at Fort Davis, TX. It's called the "Trifid Nebula" and is best viewed from southern skies.

Here is a photo of the Milky Way taken at the Grand Canyon..........

 Here is a shot of the Arizona desert from about 600 ft with my UAV........

So on our 46th wedding anniversary we hit the road from the Grand Canyon and ended at Bryce Canyon Lodge for a wonderful dinner and sweet dream.