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B Vaughan wrote:
>Whenever you see "xxx of the yyy", where xxx is something spectacular
>and yyy is some other place, you know there's no comparison. The
>Venice of yyy, the Grand Canyon of yyy, the Champs Elysées of yyy,
>etc.
I generally agree with the point, but I have to point out that the
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is a pretty cool place.
And to take this one step further, Rocky Mountain National Park has
a "Little Yellowstone" (unfortunately not exactly the same syntax,
but it's derived from Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone), to which
one must hike, which is also quite a spot (it's the headwaters of
the Colorado).
As far as the question, I'd say go to Zion. It's probably too late
to stay at the lodge inside the park, but it's a great place just
to be. For the Grand Canyon, really, you need to go to the bottom
to experience it, and most people aren't up to that. I've looked
over the side too, but well, that's pretty detached. In Zion,
you're much more surrounded by the scenery.
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