Grand Canyon and Star Party 2025 - Side Trips Edition!

[CapnSteve]

During our eight days on the South Rim we took some epic side trips as well:

1) My wife sprung for a mule ride down into the canyon on Bright Angel trail. Here is Paco (foreground) my capable mule, and Joey, her mount next to him. The drivers reffered to us as our mule's name for the day, so I was Paco!
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2) Sore from the time in the saddle, we drove down to Wupatki Pueblo National Monument the next day.
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3) We then went to Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument. Here is the ash volcano itself. Last eruption was about 10k years ago. This appealed to the geologist in me. I geeked out!
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4) On the other side of the volcano was the Bonito lava flow, where Apollo astronauts trained, tested lunar rover prototypes, and refined moon experiments. A'a lava flow. Geeking out continues...
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5) Another shot of Sunset Crater Volcano area. Looks like another planet.
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6) The Milky Way.
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Thank you!