26/7: One of the most visited spots on the southern edge of the canyon is the Lookout. Sometime, long ago, this was voted to have the most impressive and representative view of the canyon. So they built a tower and a museum there, and now there’s a never ending stream of touists climbing the stairs and looking through the stationary looking-glasses.
But, to be honest, even though the amount of people was almost scary, they couldn’t really distract my attention from the amazing view.
Seeing as water is a little special interest of mine, I found it very nice how they’ve handled the drinking water issue at Grand Canyon National Park. No bottled water is sold within the park. Instead, they have stations like these spread out all over, where you can fill your own bottles with the fresh, cold and very tasty fresh water from the Arizona plateau. Probably from some mountain stream. A very good initiative, in my opinion. Less bottled water for the people!
Katja Malmborg 