OUR FAMILY HAS TRAVELED TO BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH CANYON RIMS. MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE HIKED THE SOUTH RIM UP TO HAVISUPI CANYON . IT IS A 10 MILE HIKE DOWN A SMALL TRAIL AND IT WAS A UNIQUE HIKE. AT THE TIME (80'S) I BELIEVE THEY HAD HELICOPTER FLIGHTS OVER IT TOO. I REMEMBER MEETING OUR FRIENDS AT THE BASE WHERE WE SET UP A SMALL TENT. WE HIKED ACROSS A TRAIL UP TO A SLIPPERY PATH TO OVER HAVASUPAI LAKE. WE LATER SWAQM IN THE COOL WATERS. MY SON SAW THE CANYON FROM THE NORTH RIM WHERE THERE WAS A NICE VISITORS OLD LODGE. WE HIKED ON A TRAIL THAT WENT OUTTO A NARROW RIDGELINE AND BACK. WE CONTINUED ON OUR JOURNEY TO OTHER NATIONAL PARKS.
THE PARK HAS A MUSEUM AND LODGE AT THE SOUTH RIM AS WELL. ELK ARE FOUND HERE THAT WEIGH 1000 POUNDS. IT IS NOT ADVISABLE TO APPROACH ELK. IN 1919 THE CANYON BECAME A PAR!IT IS THE MOST INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN RECOGNIZABLE LANDSCAPE ON EARTH AND THE MOST WONDERS TO BEHOLD. THERE WERE PREHISTORIC PALEO INDIANS HERE 9000 B.C.
MY HUSBAND AND I TRAVELLED WITH BACKPACKS THROUGH THE HAVASUPAI AREAS. TODAY THEY FARM THE TONTO PLAUTEAU USING CORN, BEANS AND SQUASH, MELONS, AND PUMPKINS. THEY ONLY MET ANGLOS IN 1776. THEY HAD A 518 ACRE RESERVATION GIVEN TO THEM BY CONGRESS IN 1975. TODAY HAVASUPAI USE TOURISM FOR SURVIVAL TOO.
GRAND CANYON N. P.
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