Day 11-A rich irony...

Hundreds of people visit the south Rim of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison each day because it is easily accessed fom a main road. The North Rim, far more spectacularly vertical, gets mere dozens.

Did I say vertical?

The scenes are vast:

And if you love those narrow ledges with sheer drops on either side, this is your place. I'm standing on a three-foot wide ridge wgich projects out above the Kneeling Camel formation.:

Here's that fabulous 'Kneeling Camel' from the other side. My little ridge is the higher one to the upper left. Not a place you would want to spend a lot of time, actually.:

The cutely-named Exclamation Point takes a three-mile hike, but is worth every step!

The Fall foliage is in full riot everywhere, so I'm heading south to catch some of it!