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To: Neeka who wrote (3537)	7/14/2004 8:45:37 PM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 35834

Hi M. You can drive into the park & see a fair amount of the Grand Canyon from your car. There is an admission fee (currently $20 per passenger vehicle, with varying prices for other vehicles). Once in the park, you can drive around to most places, but there are free buses to take you to the various overlooks & no private vehicles are allowed in that part of the park (no doubt to keep those overlooks from becoming a parking nightmare). The buses run on a frequent schedule all day. It's all very convenient & designed for folks to enjoy a wonderful time seeing one of the most beautiful natural wonders on the planet. And no matter how many pictures & films of the Grand Canyon you may see, it is best observed up close & personal. Awesome natural beauty does not do justice to describing the Grand Canyon & it just cannot be fully captured on film IMO. FWIW, if you do go, plan on staying overnight & spending at least two days (perhaps more) to see & experience it all at a leisurely pace. You won't be disappointed. There are plenty of decent accomodations in the area. Oh, and you will be in thin air, between 8 & 10 thousand feet above sea level. You can tell how thin the atmosphere is without even exerting yourself. Keep that in mind when planning your time as there are lots of places that you might want to walk to for the best views. I wish that the sun had not been obscured by a thick band of clouds for many of my pictures there that day. I only had 200 speed film in my 35mm camera, so the color & details were a bit washed out. Still, all in all, I was quite happy with most of the pics.