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Watchman Campground, in the National Park.
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This was a very good site. Two large mountians in front of us and
large trees along side and behind us to provide shade.
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The only way to into the main part of the National Park is with the free tram.
They run every 6 to 7 minutes. There are 9 stops where you can get off or on.
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We road the tram to the end and continued on foot on the River Trail.
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The "maintained" River trail ends as the canyon starts to get closer together.
After this point it continues in the river bed. About 2 mile up river you can
spread your arms and touch the walls on either side. I went up about 500 yards and then
turned around. This was our first cloudy day of the trip.
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This 1.2 mile tunnel was cut into the mountian around 1920.
It is on State Route 9 which cuts through the lower part of the National Park.
We hiked up from the road below to this point. Mom waited here while
I continued on the trail over the ridge to view the valley on the other side.
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This is the valley on the other side of the tunnel. If you look close
you can see the switch backs in the highway.
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The sun is setting and the moon has risen over the mountian.
An end to a wonderful outing. As viewed from our campsite.
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