{"id":39909,"date":"2020-08-28T11:27:54","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T15:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/technology-hates-you.com\/lm3m\/?p=39909"},"modified":"2020-08-28T12:22:53","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T16:22:53","slug":"epic-western-adventure-day-4-north-rim-of-the-grand-canyon-08-18-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technology-hates-you.com\/lm3m\/39909","title":{"rendered":"Epic Western Adventure Day 4 (North Rim of the Grand Canyon), 08\/18\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I grew up out west and had never been to the Grand Canyon. I jokingly have called it a big hole in the ground. Yeah, I might need to apologize to the Grand Canyon for that, it is an amazing, beautiful, spectacular, giant hole in the ground. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since, we were in Utah and hitting some more places closer to it, we decided to explore the north rim, which was a brilliant move. The less popular side in normal times, right now it is empty. Not quite The Quiet Earth <\/em>(most people think Omega Man<\/em>, but The Quiet Earth <\/em>is always the movie I think of when I imagine an empty planet), but there were very few people we saw that day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We hit most of the overlooks and then hiked out to an amazing overlook. An amazing day was had by all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Two yahoos I saw…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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My epic Chaco sandal tan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I wish it could capture the magnitude <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Omg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Shadow-selfie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The colors are spectacular <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Previous photo is from that outcropping<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Trying to capture some perspective<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Outlook we hiked out to<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Nice view<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And now, after Bryce, Zion, and the Grand Canyon we had seen as much verity as the Earth has to show us, I thought as we hiked back from the overlook. SPOILERS: man, was I wrong. Back to the same camp ground as last night and then on to Vermillion Cliffs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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