I am resuming my summer travels writing…although we’re now nearly 6 months departed from this trip. I need need need to get these memories written down so I don’t forget everything.

I have a couple weeks until my next block of work begins at the Air Force Academy, so I figured I’d use this time to continue catching up. I had arranged my photo albums based on my blog posts, so it’s a little less chaotic than it might have been with a huge clump of photos.

This post is about the stunning Grand Canyon sunset. There are two things every visitor needs to do: hike down below the rim and see a sunset. The amazing colors in the geology and sky are worth the effort. Take a good camera, you’ll want to have fun with the settings to try to capture the colors.

Only 5% of visitors go below the rim, but I’m convinced many many many more people attempt to see the sunset. Dave and I chose Mather Point to view the sunset but I can’t remember exactly why. Maybe because there was ample parking at the Grand Canyon Visitor Center (there is!). We arrived about 30 minutes before sunset.

Apparently everyone else was thinking the same thing:

It only got more crowded as sunset approached:

Between Dave and me, we found several locations where we could take unobstructed photographs. We took well over 100 photos of the sunset. Here are some of my favorites:

Google had some fun with the sunset itself, trying to turn it into a time lapse.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. If you take a trip to the Grand Canyon, plan for a visit to the rim to see a sunset. The colors are amazing!