From: laro@idworld.net   
      
   "Von Fourche"  wrote in message   
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   >     I'm planning a vacation to the Grand Canyon sometime in 2005.  Anyway,   
   > are there any good old-west towns/attractions around this area?  Any ghost   
   > towns etc...?   
      
   Did you plan on South Rim or North?  Summer or not?   
      
   I hate to sound discouraging, it IS a huge hole in the earth,   
   but mostly, you will find scenery and crowds, crowds,   
   crowds.   Especially if you plan on a Summertime visit.   
      
   And you can't go to the North Rim from late Fall till mid-Spring,   
   so that would seem to mean just that.   
      
   Don't know about the South Rim, or ghost towns, but again,   
   be ready to see LOTS of people.  I purposely avoided the   
   South Rim because they apparently require one to leave the   
   car and use alternate transportation.  I can appreciate the need   
   for that, but ... since my mobility is somewhat limited, that   
   makes that option unattractive to me.   
      
   I spent a couple of nights on the North Rim of the canyon   
   there last June and to tell the truth, we left saying "never again   
   to Grand Canyon."   Now we went from there to Monument   
   Valley a bit to the East of the north entrance to the North Rim,   
   and that did and does merit a return visit by us.  We were bowled   
   over by Monument Valley.  Enjoyed a Navajo-guided tour.   
   (Of course, that is a reservation, not a National Park.  If that   
   bothers you, enough said.)   
      
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