Taste: technically our taste sense was utilzied 60 mile outside the Grand Canyon when we had supper in Williams, AZ. It was a nice meal but not as fantastic as the one in Albuquerque, NB. I had duck and Chuck had filet mignon. While the restaurant was the top rated one based on Yelp and Trip Advisor reviews in the Williams area, it’s not going to be a meal that stands out in my memory. We stayed in the National Park’s campground for a few nights and did not dine out at any of the restaurants located throughout the park, but I did get rave reviews from Chuck for the pizza I made one night; he claimed it was my best one yet.
Touch: naturally in a national park a lot of what you touch is the ground beneath your feet and railings along walkways. A few times I’d reach out to touch the needles on a conifer tree or a rock as I got into a seated position for a photo. One thing we definitely felt touched by was the cold and rain. Winds blew through the canyon and updrafts would catch us with strong gusts when the winds below reached canyon walls. The weather our first day in the park was rain and some of the updrafts from rain clouds below our level at the rim blew rain. At one location we watched a family standing on rocks and the females’ hair were standing on end from the electric charge in the air from the rains.
Sound: numerous foreign languages were spoken, primarily Japanese but also a lot of people speaking German, French. Many cultures were represented throughout the park. One couple we heard responding to the general question of where are you from respond with Urkraine. Other sounds heard were the winds blowing through the valley and trees, ravens cawing and lots of camera shutters clicking. At one overlook, about a mile above the Colorado River, we could hear the roar of the rapids, although rather muted from that distance.
Smell: cedar is the predominate scent along the south rim of the Grand Canyon. Tree trimming had taken place in various areas of the park before our arrival, allowing the cedar scent to permiate the air.
Sight: Instead of writing about what we saw, I am using some of my photographs to convey the images.
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