View south from Fire Point
The sky was clear when I left my RV home on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park and drove north into the adjacent Kaibab National Forest to explore a side road leading to Fire Point. Many awesome canyon views are located in the forest where you can also camp for free.
Forest Road
I continued to watch the sky and didn’t stay long. During summer monsoon season it’s a good idea not be caught unaware. Dry creeks flood in an instant carrying water—and anything else in the way—over the canyon’s rim creating waterfalls that you’d never expect. Hard packed gravel roads can become a mud wrestler’s dream in moments. And there are no phone bars.
The sky was clear when I left my RV home on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park and drove north into the adjacent Kaibab National Forest to explore a side road leading to Fire Point. Many awesome canyon views are located in the forest where you can also camp for free.
Forest Road
I continued to watch the sky and didn’t stay long. During summer monsoon season it’s a good idea not be caught unaware. Dry creeks flood in an instant carrying water—and anything else in the way—over the canyon’s rim creating waterfalls that you’d never expect. Hard packed gravel roads can become a mud wrestler’s dream in moments. And there are no phone bars.
It never did rain that day. The monsoon season can be like that too as the winds blow the clouds away. Sometimes, the air is so dry the falling rain never makes it to the ground, called virga.
Dancing Aspen grove
Yet during the winter snow can build up to 15 feet which often bends the trunks of young Aspen.
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Gaelyn, these are gorgeous photos! That forest road looks so inviting with the dark clouds. Rain smells so good in the desert. And the dancing Aspen grove is interesting. I didn’t realize snow could pile up that high to bend the trunks.
Beautiful shots again Gaelyn. On our first trip there we found snow still amongst the trees and I made my son go and put his nose in it and took a shot of him as he had never seen snow before.:)
Gorgeous!!
what a great post and i love that last shot of the aspens… that area is so beautiful and hopefully it will remain so.
have a good weekend my friend.
when do you get back to work again?
I like the upmost pic. Absolutely stunning scene and sky. Would make a great postcard. Happy SWF!
Great photos. My husband and son hiked into the canyon from Monument Point (North Rim) today. Maybe they’ll bring back some interesting photos.
Excellent shots, the 2nd one is my favourite, I’d love to take a drive down that path, thanks for sharing.
Have a great weekend!
Guy
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I wish I could be there right now. It is so lovely on the North Rim.
Great series of shots. The Aspens are awesome! I can’t believe it didn’t rain, those look like some threatening clouds!
Great photos…grand canyon park is so awesome…I love the dancing aspens…Thanks for the info on how they got that way…btw, great header shot
Gaelyn, these are terrific shots! Love the skies over the canyon, but the bent birch trees are so interesting. Thanks for all the information and the beauty! Have a great weekend!
Ah, the aspen! Your photos keep getting better and better!
The first shot is awesome.
WOW! I mean really, WOW! Those are awesome pictures Gaeylyn.
Your life is the eny of a lot of us.
Awesome shots of the Grand! I loved the aspen photo – never realized they get bent like that by the snow.
You are a grand spilunker exploring both giant and small spaces, sensing the past, feeling the present, and pulling towards you a future filled with relationships that bring peace joy and harmony into this world.
Spectacular skies. And I love the photo of the birches.
You got 3 beautiful pictures there. I like the Forest Road very much, it is awesome. Good work! Have a nice day..
I love your photos here. I have been to the Grand Canyon twice, so I can really appreciate the beauty. You have captured it well.
Gorgeous photos! Would love to get back to that area one day.
Great photos i really like this last one.
Beautiful photos!
Great photos i really like this last one.
These are all beautiful…I can’t decide which is my favorite. I do love those dancing trees, though. Thanks for sharing these gems…
Iwent here when I was 13, 30 years ago and it left a lifelong impression on me. I cannot wait to return and take some photo’s. Graet piccies and post.
These are wonderful shots! Hope you had a great birthday.
I loved this post. The photographs are great and I learned a lot. I had never thought about air being so dry the rain would evaporate before hitting the ground!
Beautiful photos! It’s been a long time since I visited the Grand Canyon.
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Lovely photos – I’d love a chance to take some shots of the Grand Canyon myself.
Great forest shots, those aspen and the upwelling clouds in the second are terrific.
Gaelyn: Those certainly are beautiful SWF photos. Thanks for sharing the neat shots from nature.
These photos are wonderful. I would love to see the waterfalls on the rim. My girls and I just watched an ancient Dinsey movie (so ancient that Alaska was not yet a state) that showed the rain making muddy “Niagaras” on the edge of the canyon. It was incredible. (Obviously one would have to be more than a bit cautious.)