Next Stop -- Marble Canyon, AZ

More vacation photos -- skip if you're not interested. And those who are, remember, you can click on the photos for a larger view.

On our way to the Grand Canyon, we stopped for the night in the area of Vermilion Cliffs and Marble Canyon, AZ. This was a view along the highway...

This is the lodge where we spent the night. It was definitely a fishermen's lodge -- nothing fancy, just a place to sleep and shower. But we loved the location....

Although the lodge itself was simple, the restaurant was the best one of the trip (well, actually it's a tie with the Chinese restaurant in our Las Vegas hotel). We had a great dinner and breakfast at an outdoor table. Lots of spice and flavor in our food.

Another shot of the lodge....

The lodge is the starting point for some of the groups going on a several-day rafting trip down through the Grand Canyon...

The original owners of the lodge property built houses out of the nearby rocks that had fallen off of the cliffs. Several of those buildings are still there today...

   

I bought a lovely bracelet from a very friendly woman who had set up her stand...

About ten miles from the lodge, we stopped on the Navajo Bridge...

The bridge crosses the Colorado River...I guess you could consider this the narrow part of the Grand Canyon...

And this was where my birding husband was in heaven -- he was able to add California Condor to his life list...

I have to admit, they are quite impressive when they're flying. Even my son and I were in awe. But when they don't have their wings spread out, they are quite ugly...IMHO....