A Bird's Eye View

We took a flight around the Grand Canyon this morning, and it was spectacular! A little bumpy in the twin prop plane, but when you're maybe 500 feet above the ground, you can expect that.

Allegra got to sit in First Class, of course, and was able to carry on a conversation with the pilots thru the cockpit door. Blythe was able to brush up on her Japanese, thanks to the multi-lingual narration on the plane.  

While they aren't allowed to fly you below the canyon rim (like in the old days), the view from 500 feet is incredible. Photos from cell phones hardly do it justice, but Blythe captured a couple beautiful views. Below you can see where the Little Colorado meets the Colorado River - the Little Colorado is turquoise because of mineral springs that feed it as it flows from northern Arizona.

The view of the North Rim is also gorgeous - the climate is very different, so many more trees over there!

We're going back for a ground-level view of the Canyon later, so we'll post some more tonight!