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Article: The Grand Canyon: a spiritual journey to Arizona's desert heart: nation hopping: the most awe-inspiring geological wonders of Arizona reside in the most culturally rich corner of the state. The Grand Canyon and the Navajo and Hopi Nations--a journey that's transporting in more ways than one.(TRANSPORT)(Travel narrative)
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- The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
- Article date:
- September 9, 2008
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It had been 20 years since I had last laid eyes on the chasm, and it involuntarily took my breath away, just as it did when I was young. I stood on the concrete pathway lining the edge of the Grand Canyon's South Rim, surrounded by tourists from all over the world. Despite the throngs of buses passing and cameras snapping, the place was immensely silent. Even the rowdy kids who had been cooped up in days-long car rides stood still. A slight breeze dusted the piton pines and Utah junipers around us, and a primordial condor, with its seven-foot wingspan, glided just above our heads. Everyone seemed to understand implicitly the sanctity of ...