"Bill in Schenectady" wrote in message
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> "Toller" wrote in message
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>>I am going to Las Vegas in July with my son. We have 1.5 days free at
>>the end and I was planning on going to the Grand Canyon; but I didn't
>>realize how far it was.
>> Zion is much closer. Is Zion sufficiently spectacular that I won't feel
>> bad about skipping the Grand Canyon?
>> I saw the Grand Canyon 40 years ago, and hopefully he will be back some
>> day; but still....
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>> Thanks.
>>
>> On a similar subject; we have a half day free at the beginning. I was
>> planning on going out to Red Rocks. Any alternatives that can be done in
>> half a day?
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> Zion is one of the most gloriously spectacular places I have ever seen.
> Also, while the Grand Canyon is indeed spectacular, you go there, you look
> and you leave. At Zion, there are numerous short hiking opportunities,
> there is a free shuttle bus that takes you through the canyon (in fact
> cars are banned from the canyon road), and there is the wonderful Virgin
> River walk at the far end. That's where you walk first along and then in
> the river while the canyon narrows and presents vertical walls hundreds of
> feet high on either side of the narrow canyon.
>
Very convincing.
How does it compare to Letchworth? (saw where you are from...)
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