Bright Angel Trail, Pipe Creek, Garden Creek
Garden Creek Waterfall Ed said the Bright Angel Trail was better than Phantom Ranch . The T-shirt and lemonade at Phantom Ranch sounded good to me but T-shirts and lemonade are manmade. They exist outside the Grand Canyon but it'd be cool to say I got a T-shirt at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. However a seasoned GC hiker, Ed, said that the Bright Angel Trail up to Indian Gardens was beautiful and a much more satisfying adventure. Plus I'd get to hike out with my friends until I met my wife and brother-in-law. This was part of the exchange at Phantom Ranch. Some were just doing half the canyon so they left and were replaced by other travelers. I chose to hike out and also explore. The trail up Bright Angel is pleasant, beautiful, smooth and maintained. This was a sharp contrast to the Tabernacle Trail a two days earlier. The friends departing felt like close family members by now and it was hard to see them go. We had ...