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1. Here we are at the trailhead!  We're finally ready to start a hike that we've been planning for a few years.  When we left the lodge cabin, less that two miles from the trailhead, it was cool but comfortable.  Curiously, it was much colder here; but we were well prepared.

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2. Leaving trailhead, we enter Roaring Springs Canyon.  This will lead to the Bright Angel Canyon that we will follow all the way to Phantom Ranch near the Colorado River.

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3. There wasn't a lot of color like this along the way, but a few places near trailhead were quite colorful.

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4. Supai Tunnel.

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5. Supai Tunnel.

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6. Here you can see quite a bit of trail and a foot bridge that we will cross.

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7. Randy on the trail.

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8. Dick and Randy waiting for me on the foot bridge.  I'm not quite as fast as they are.

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9. The view looking down canyon from the foot bridge.

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10. Looking back at the progress we've made so far.

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11. Dick and Randy on the trail.  Notice the drop off to their left!

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12. Roaring Spring.

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13. Again, looking back at the progress we've made coming down Roaring Springs Canyon.

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14. Cactus along the trail.

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15. We're now able to see the South Rim, our final destination, far off in the distance.

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16. Ribbon Falls.

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17. Randy, posing next to some cactus.

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18. The trail.

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19. This lizard kept us company as we had lunch in the shade of some rocks.

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20. Here, I looked back and thought I could see the lodge on the North Rim.  A quick check with binoculars confirmed it was there.

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21. This is a telephoto of the lodge from the same place as the previous photo.

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22. Nearing an area called The Box.

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23. Nearing Phantom Ranch.