April 8th, 2024 Part 2 - Grant Canyon West

We arrived at the main terminal area and parked with all the buses.  I had tickets for a meal and the skywalk today and the skywalk tomorrow.

So after checking in, we headed to the buses.  The shuttle bus has three stops: Eagle Point, Guano Point, and the Main Terminal.  There is a shuttle to Hualapai Point but we could also drive there.

So first stop was Eagle Point.

There is nothing that prepares one for this view.  It is breathtaking, awesome, emotional - there are no words.  We have been to the canyon before and it still leaves me emotional and breathless.

This is called Eagle Point because you can see an eagle in the rock formation,

We decided that we would do lunch first and headed to the building and skywalk:

We met a young group of Asian students who told us to get in line with them - they were wonderful.  What a nice group of folks.  The waitress seated us right by the window and this was our view for lunch.

There are no words - we felt so so blessed!

The menu is limited but the view is not and that is why I purchased the meal ticket.  Highly recommended especially if you can get a window seat.  We were only allowed to spend 30 minutes there so we could not take in that view for long.

We then headed to the skywalk.  There are no cameras, phones, or anything metal allowed.  They give you a locker with a key to put everything in.  From there you go thru a metal detector and then put on a pair of booties.  We were able to walk out about 6 feet on the skywalk and then stopped.  If you want, they will have a photographer walk with you to take pictures (very pricey) but if not, they you are free to walk at your own pace.  And that is what we did.  WOW!  WOW!  WOW!  

There is security along the walk and they will answer any questions.  Could we see to the bottom?  Well, there was a lot of glare so it was difficult to see thru the glass.  (But not so the next day.)  If you look at the picture above, the see thru glass is in the center of the walkway.  It is shaded about a foot on each side. We did see a woman get out there and have some trouble.  She held on to the hand rail and just walked thru the shaded side.  Security did help her.

Breathtaking!  Andy and I have been to the south rim, the north rim, the east rim, and now the west rim.  There are a few more overlooks that I would love to do so we will see.  If I were younger, I would love to go to the bottom of the canyon...  I will say it again - We are grateful and blessed that we could experience this!

There is no museum here but information on the walls through out the complex.  Of course, I wanted to know more about the Hualapai Tribe.

We could learn so so much from them...

Our next stop was to find out where the RV park was located.  We talked with a few people and got all different stories.   FINALLY, we were able to talk to a manager.  The RV park was not located at the main terminal but about 5 miles before the terminal.  So off we went to locate it.

(On a side note: if you have questions while there, make sure you find a manager.  We were given so much conflicting information on the buses, the meal, the skywalk, the RV park.  Found out that many of the folks we talked to were trainees.  So just an FYI!)

Our day did not end yet so stay tuned for Part 3.