The Heavens Declare for All to See
One of the special river trips we do each year is a unique 7-day “Geology by Day and Astronomy by Night” experience. Dr. Danny Faulkner joins us on this trip and presents an amazing opportunity to study the cosmos over the canyon. We have amazingly dark night skies here in Northern Arizona. That, combined with the dry desert air and high elevation makes for an ideal location for astronomy. Truly the “Heavens declare the glory of God” over the Grand Canyon, much as they did 2,000 years ago for
A Dream Fulfilled, Nearly Ten Thousand Miles Away
Sometimes the tours we do are a huge blessing and joy even for us as tour guides. I recently had the amazing opportunity to give a Grand Canyon sunset tour to a group I will never forget. On a recent tour we had a group of 4 - Rhoda and her husband Randy, and Rhoda’s parents Maynard and Emily. Rhoda and her family were from Malawi, Africa where her father spent years as a geography teacher. Rhoda had moved to America and recently married Randy. Her parents were now