Our second stop on the Western Rim views of the Grand Canyon was Guano Point

Yep, you guessed it, good 'ole bat guano is how this beautiful place got its name. Years back they harvested the bat poo and we were told that Maybelline cosmetic company used the poo in their mascara and lip stick. But we are safe today - they stopped that nasty habit! Phew...

So here we go, more of the amazing Grand Canyon;

A peek at the Colorado River

My husband decided to climb up to get the total view ... I however had new shoes on that hadn't been broken in yet. So I found a rock to sit on :) 

He made it to the top that's him the crazy one waving :o)

He's still smiling after the hike :)

And he found a view of the remnants of the equipment used to harvest the bat guano - remember if you'd used Maybelline back in the day it had some of this guano :)

I just loved the colors ... so amazing

I peeked over the edge and it was really something ... you'd be falling for quite a while before it was over :->

We had to take a picture of ourselves - unfortunately we were looking into the sun

This little guy was looking for something to eat

I felt closer to him when he walked right out and stood on the edge - I've been feeling like a Mommy on the edge while I've been fighting with the school district...

We stopped for a coke and a smile...

For my 4th post I'll show you our last stop in Arizona at the Hualapai Ranch.

Next up I'll post some of our pictures from Vegas ... we stayed on the strip at the MGM Grand Hotel, but we really enjoyed the older part of town "Fremont Experience"

Hope you enjoyed our whirlwind tour of the Grand Canyon

Kiss me!

Copyright ©2009 Dawn Kilby

Kick back.

Initiate intellectual conversation.

Seduce the night with your dulcet voice.

Suck the honeysuckles from within my heart.

Make love to life until Fate yells, "Enough!"

Eternally kiss me as various flowers moan, "Yes!"

Balloon home for the aged

Our family lives in a basket

attached to a helium balloon.

This morning we have chicken omelettes

then I leave my feelings hang on air

go to work for elderly people.

I know the balloon is a name of

surgery for them, faded birthdays

even or a road by a beach.

This evening I will come back home

and tell you about the aged people

while our balloon may be crossing seas.

© 2009-Copyright reserved Kushal Poddar (reprinting is absolutely prohibited, without permission)

the stars guiding our lives

The stars on the footpath. Ask the man

with the welding tool, his views on births.

Genesis. The shower of the stars

on the tiles, the sounds like calks, night walks.

Ask the man welding an old chassis,

his world is soft and warm nebulae.

The stars on the footpath stare at you.

Life is flashing before those sprinkles;

oxygen, explosion, darkness; simple.

The man with the welding tool and lung

full of fumes that slowly make his wife

a widow; the stars on the footpath,

cold; the winter’s whisper on your palm

stay still for a nano moment. Brief.

© 2009-Copyright reserved Kushal Poddar (reprinting is absolutely prohibited, without permission)

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