A large forest fire has been raging around the Grand Canyon in northern Arizona in recent days and yesterday the historic Visitor Center and Lodge were destroyed. The lodge was built in the 1930s and was a beautiful place to behold. Because of the differences in building techniques these days from the 1930s, it will likely not be re-built like it formerly stood. Fortunately, there was no loss of life, as far as I have learned.
There's a difference in riding a naked bike and riding a bike naked.
Won't make that mistake again.
2013 Honda CB1100 Standard. Gone, but not forgotten.
I drove my FJR down there a couple years ago to see the park at least once in my lifetime. The operation the NPS has there is quite amazing. It's terribly sad to hear about all the historic buildings that were lost that future generations will never get the chance to experience.
Read about the Grand Canyon fire this morning. Very sad! Mrs. G and I visited the North Rim Visitor Center during a driving trip in 2019 and were admiring the historic lodge which has burned. It was late October, and by that time the lodge was closed for the season, but it was beautiful.
I've visited the Grand Canyon many times, and to my knowledge the North Rim is visited less frequently and gets a bit less attention than the South Rim, which has a much larger visitor area and is where most people go when they visit. It's closer to a more populated area and Interstate 10, a large East/West travel corridor. Mrs. G and I have gone there many times, but we love less crowded areas and were looking forward to getting back to the North Rim.
Coincidentally, we have some friends visiting from France, just spent the weekend with them, and saw them off yesterday on their drive to the Grand Canyon West Rim, via Las Vegas. That's another visitor area. As vast as the Grand Canyon is, the North Rim is not near the other tourist population areas of the Grand Canyon.
