{"id":219,"date":"2012-07-30T12:46:03","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T16:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/?p=219"},"modified":"2013-08-10T11:35:30","modified_gmt":"2013-08-10T15:35:30","slug":"day-17-grand-canyon-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amyyaodesign.com\/?p=219","title":{"rendered":"Day 17: Grand Canyon, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, Grand Canyon!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_0921.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-220 aligncenter\" title=\"IMG_0921\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_0921.jpg\" width=\"545\" height=\"363\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_0923.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-221 aligncenter\" title=\"IMG_0923\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_0923.jpg\" width=\"545\" height=\"363\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We toured the North Rim today, hiking to Bright Angel Point (which offered gorgeous views), before being rained out by a torrential downpour that swept in.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_0954.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-222 aligncenter\" title=\"IMG_0954\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_0954.jpg\" width=\"545\" height=\"363\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_0969.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-223 aligncenter\" title=\"IMG_0969\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_0969.jpg\" width=\"545\" height=\"363\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1029.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-224 aligncenter\" title=\"IMG_1029\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1029.jpg\" width=\"545\" height=\"363\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We stopped by a watchtower that looked just like the Lovegood&#8217;s house in Harry Potter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1054.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-225 aligncenter\" title=\"IMG_1054\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1054.jpg\" width=\"545\" height=\"363\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1077.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226 aligncenter\" title=\"IMG_1077\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1077.jpg\" width=\"545\" height=\"363\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1090.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-227 aligncenter\" title=\"IMG_1090\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1090.jpg\" width=\"545\" height=\"363\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1098.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-228 aligncenter\" title=\"IMG_1098\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1098.jpg\" width=\"545\" height=\"363\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1092.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-229 aligncenter\" title=\"IMG_1092\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1092.jpg\" width=\"545\" height=\"363\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Interestingly enough, though the North Rim and the South Rim of the Grand Canyon are only ten air miles apart, one must drive for five hours from one to the other. It started hailing as we were driving out to the South Rim, and the storm continued at the South Rim, making it difficult to see much of anything.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1113.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-230 aligncenter\" title=\"IMG_1113\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1113.jpg\" width=\"545\" height=\"363\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At least there were the Olympic gymnastics team finals to round out the evening!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, Grand Canyon! We toured the North Rim today, hiking to Bright Angel Point (which offered gorgeous views), before being rained out by a torrential downpour that swept in. We stopped by a watchtower that looked just like the Lovegood&#8217;s house in Harry Potter. 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