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packman

(16,296 posts)
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 11:40 AM Jul 2014

Making it not so Grand?

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Plans to develop the Grand Canyon as more of an amusement park than a national park. However, I'm kind of on board with the gondola idea. When I was there I wished I could have endured the ride to the bottom on those mules.

"A mesa visible from the South Rim, which belongs to the Navajo Indian Reservation, could soon become a construction site as restaurants, hotels, and shops are erected in an attempt to spur local tourism, according to the Los Angeles Times. The same developers are also planning to install a gondola that will transport visitors from the rim to the canyon floor, currently only accessible by foot or mule. "

http://www.outsideonline.com/news-from-the-field/Bad-News-on-the-Horizon-for-Grand-Canyon.html

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