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1. Not far along the trail, you can look back and see the cottonwoods of Phantom Ranch nestled in the lower end of Bright Angel Canyon. |
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2. Cactus. |
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3. A little farther up the trail and this birds eye view of Phantom Ranch opens up. |
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4. We saw these occasionally along the trail. |
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5. Jagged rock. |
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6. We've reached the overlook. Here you can see the black bridge and boats on the beach just below Bright Angel Campground. |
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7. The South Kaibab trail leading to the black bridge is quite obvious here being heavily worn by mule traffic. |
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8. This view is looking downstream. |
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9. This view is looking upstream. |
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10. Again looking upstream. It's a good spot for lunch. |