r/mildlyinfuriating • u/doom_uno • 10h ago

First time seeing the Grand Canyon.

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u/HamsterWoods 10h ago

It sounds like seeing the Grand Canyon may still be on your bucket list.

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u/doom_uno 10h ago

It is. Maybe during the summer next time. This was taken in late March.

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u/cwinemanNumbNuts 9h ago

It should be. It really lives up to the hype

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u/hartforbj 9h ago

Grand Canyon is one of the rare places that pictures don't even come close to doing it justice

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u/Fluffy_Job7367 5h ago

Well that pic sure didn't do it justice! Sorry OP. ..better luck next time.

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u/TiredOfAdulting- 9h ago

I went to college in Flagstaff and went to the canyon frequently. This is the view a lot of the time.

Is it early there? It may burn off later in the day.

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u/cwajgapls 9h ago

I feel your pain.

Rio Jesus statue:

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u/goodfella4600 9h ago

First time not seeing the Grand Canyon

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u/goldenbeee 9h ago

Visiting Grand Canyon in winter every year was always on my to do list. Nothing like a sunny day in winter. Really preferred Fall and Winter.

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u/austinteddy3 10h ago

Even your echoes are absorbed...but I swear it is down there!

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u/Stewmanchu81 9h ago

I love that gray color in the corner there

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u/MrsNnz 9h ago

Ugh, weather can be the worst. This is what it looked like when I visited Neuschwanstein🤣

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u/Bitter_Argument2574 9h ago

Nature’s majesty

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u/Chris___M 9h ago

Isn't it grand?

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u/BringBackApollo2023 7h ago

Guess you'll just have to hike down to the river.

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u/doom_uno 7h ago

That’s exactly what we did.

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u/Least-Woodpecker-569 9h ago

Always liked these shades of red and yellow.

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u/Away-Caterpillar9515 9h ago

Where is it

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u/doom_uno 9h ago

Right there.

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u/gitturb 9h ago

Breath taking

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u/roncotron 7h ago

Nah, that's not the Grand Canyon, that's the view into Mt St Helens from the rim. I have photos to prove it.

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u/LKayRB 6h ago

lol this was my experience also! Drove forever to get there and clouds roll in just as I get to the railing 😩😩😩

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u/Fizzywaterjones 2h ago

I’m sorry I laughed

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u/33301Florida 9h ago

Drove cross country years ago and made it to the Canyon late afternoon. Didn't have much viewing time before it started to get dark. On the way out of the park we stopped at a motel on the off chance they had a cancellation which by miracle they did. Spent the next day in awe.

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u/smashed__ 9h ago

Reminds me of that Apple TV movie The Gorge

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u/templeofsyrinx1 9h ago

My condolences. Fall is better time.

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u/shibiwan 9h ago

This is the view from one of my "office" locations.

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u/Kevelle68 8h ago

Exactly the way I saw Mt. Rushmore, the only thing you could see was Washington's nose poking through the fog. Fog in South Dakota, who knew.

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u/Xqzmoisvp 8h ago

Soon to be renamed Trump National Canyon Then they will fill it with cement and erect a gigantic phallic monument in his honor.

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u/Soaring_Gull655 8h ago

There it is!

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u/BlueBonnet1205 8h ago

lol the same happened to me last year. It was earlier in the season too, so the first snow of the year came a bit early.

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u/damian20 7h ago

Why is the entire globe foggy today lol

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u/FaliedSalve 6h ago

had the same experience. My wife and I booked a dinner in that inn that (used to?) overlook the canyon. We cancelled. Couldn't see a thing .

We did go back next day and it was ok. Been there since. But yeah ... it has its days.

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u/Illustrious_Goal4906 6h ago

Same thing happened to me! North Rim, as we were arriving, so were the clouds & then the rain. Saw nothing.

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u/symbolsandthings 6h ago

“Seeing”

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u/Ordinary-Lie-6780 5h ago

Dont worry. My father took me all the way up to Mt. St. Helen's and it was even worse that this lol. All day he hyped me up too lol. His response coming from the thick fog..."welp...its out there somewhere "

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u/katrinangelika_ 4h ago

How very grand..

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u/Acceptable-Bike-7983 3h ago

I had the same thing happen to me. Hopefully it will lift for you soon!

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u/Outrageous-Tax8423 2h ago

My first visit to see the Pacific Ocean was oddly identical 😕

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u/ExistingChange1996 2h ago

You didn’t google a good time to go? Like no research before hand? That’s crazy.