At the rim
On a lark, last week I called Xanterra, the vendor that runs the hotels on the south rim of the Grand Canyon, to see if they had any rooms available anytime during the summer. Diane and I wanted to do a day hike down the Hermit Trail, and to do it we needed to stay at a hotel the night before and the night after.
To my surprise, they had a rim view room available in Bright Angel Lodge, for tonight and tomorrow. The picture on the right is taken from our room, right after we arrived earlier today. I am right now sitting at that window, watching the sun set on the canyon buttes even as I type. Yowza!
I will post more tonight, and some tomorrow night as well. I will also do my podcast with John Batchelor tomorrow, live, from this room. Most cool, I must say.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
On a lark, last week I called Xanterra, the vendor that runs the hotels on the south rim of the Grand Canyon, to see if they had any rooms available anytime during the summer. Diane and I wanted to do a day hike down the Hermit Trail, and to do it we needed to stay at a hotel the night before and the night after.
To my surprise, they had a rim view room available in Bright Angel Lodge, for tonight and tomorrow. The picture on the right is taken from our room, right after we arrived earlier today. I am right now sitting at that window, watching the sun set on the canyon buttes even as I type. Yowza!
I will post more tonight, and some tomorrow night as well. I will also do my podcast with John Batchelor tomorrow, live, from this room. Most cool, I must say.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Doing this on a lark is the first cool part.
Doing it is the second cool part.
Yowza indeed. Hat tip to you sir.
I’m mightily impressed, Bob — and a little jealous. Enjoy and report.
Enjoy!
But if you’re a sleepwalker, I suggest keeping the door double locked – don’t want to be sleepwalking out there!
Magnificent view!
This is the little stuff in life that adds joy. You scored well Bob!
Shouldn’t you write “cool image time” ?
Yes, pictures are always good.
-Where is Bright Angel Lodge, in relation to the Phantom Ranch site?
-What is the weather like this time of year?
We just do not have this type of geology in Michigan, closest thing (on a dwarf scale & no canyons, but lots-o-tress & water) is maybe the “Pictured Rocks National Shoreline” in the Upper Peninsula. (All created by glaciers and lake erosion. Maybe 200 feet tall, max, but like’ 30-40 miles of them.)
Great Lakes Shoreline Tour – Lake Superior’s UP Michigan coastline
https://youtu.be/e0CCYe-VYcg
(5:21)
pivoting tangential, but Mr. Z. is going to view the Eclipse in August and this brand new Silicon Valley Astronomy lecture is very timely & informative. (Fraknoi is fun to listen to–his voice reminds me of a cartoon character from the early ’60’s.)
The ‘All-American’ Eclipse of the Sun This August
Andrew Fraknoi 5-24-17
Silicon Valley Astronomy
https://youtu.be/C2Folgs58oI
(1:03:04)