hello what are you looking at
hello bloggineers we are at grand canyon
railway and hotel and today we're going
to take the train to the grand canyon
before boarding the train we're going to
watch the western show
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we're about to board on the desert view
and this is a first-class train car okay
hop on in guys
we're gonna be riding in first class on
the way there so
in this little snack car there's
complementary yogurt muffins
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this is a pocket party of the south rim
grand canyon
the ride today is two hours and 15
minutes and it starts in this forest and
i think later on it's going to get to
like a more deserty looking area and
then finally we'll reach the grand
ground
i'm gonna see how fast the train is
around 40 miles an hour
her tsa regulations masks are required
unless you're eating or drinking
we just passed a north pole set on the
side of the track so that's probably
where the polar express takes you
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here comes the cowboy musician
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the highlight of the train journey
we re-entered a forest and we're almost
to the grand canyon
we have officially entered the grand
canyon and so far the view hasn't
changed
but
once we get to the actual village area
that
then we'll see the canyon
for the second time we saw it last year
but from the north
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this is the second floor of our train
car and
i wish we were able to be here because
you basically get a 360 view
of the entire ride
wow
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we have arrived at the grand canyon this
is our second time but this time we're
at the south rim instead of the north
and this is the grand canyon
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and we're gonna film some camouflage
shops because he's now making videos on
instagram okay all this thanksgiving
trip
okay so um i think i can see the trail
down there
see how it's kind of like a lighter
color and that would be so cool to one
day hike down and then back up
uh although that would take a lot of
energy and once you get to the bottom
you must get up or else you're dead
so it's commitment although i'll forever
like the north room better for a more
isolated feel this
the south rim has the better view for
sure because in the north room
or at least from what i remember you
only get to see one section at a time
but here there's a more panoramic view
now we're going to go to the visitors
center to get our junior ranger program
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we left our junior ranger passports and
vests back at the hotel so we're going
to stamp on here instead and cut it out
later
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it's time to check out the hopping house
this is a native american arts and
crafts shop
there's a lot of souvenirs here made by
the native americans
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now we're going to hike the rim trail
and along the way we're gonna do the
junior ranger program
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this is the beginning of the trail of
time we're gonna walk for 1.4 miles one
way probably and catch the shadow on the
way back
and this is something about two billion
years of grand canyon history so maybe
they'll have plaques of information
along the way oh and one step equals one
million years
so over here one 110
million years
old
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the oldest known rock at the grand
canyon is 1840
million years old
there are many rocks along here and this
was the diamond creek granite which is
1736 million years old a lot of i think
pretty much all of them are over one
thousand million years old isn't that
one billion
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when you come to the grand canyon or
really any other national park make sure
to stay quiet and not have too much
laughter because you're disturbing
nature and you're disturbing other
guests
okay let's go
we have around three quarters of a mile
until the end of the rim trail that
we'll be hiking but we see some wild
animals over there
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all right let's do a 20 second dash to
make it go by faster
all right so we finished a million so
now we have to count in the thousands so
110 100 000. oh there 90 thousand yeah
1500 1413
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we just reached the end of the trail and
now we're gonna check out the geology
museum we have
one hour no less less than an hour
before the train takes off so we must
hurry
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here's a diagram of the grand canyon
so right now we're
uh oh we're here
okay this is us
hopi point oh grand canyon village is
there so we need to hike all the way
back or take the shuttle but we're
probably not going to because
it's a gamble if the shuttle is full or
something oh and also because we have to
make a transfer and go on two shuttles
so that's two times waiting we're
probably just gonna hike back
and that's basically the geology museum
of course we wish we could show you
around longer but we're in a huge time
crunch and also if you take the train
here and back in the same day you only
have three or four hours to explore the
grand canyon so one thing you could do
is take a train stay overnight and then
take a train back that would be an even
cooler experience and we give you a lot
more time
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we made it with four minutes to spare
okay welcome back and you go walk
through this car and then down one car
this time we're riding in cove the seats
here are all facing forward in these
standard road things
so it's not as luxurious as the first
class of course but you still have
weight group we found out that you can
get water in coach too so it's not just
a first class
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the same cowboy is back normally if you
stay in the same
class like first class versus coach then
going there and back you'll get two
different musicians but since we
switched classes we have the same
musician from before which is good he's
a great guitarist
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they're calling it the cataract creek
game or something but it's that that
robber guy on his horse
and they they think they shot down a
tire
and i'm pretty sure they're gonna board
the train and rob
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they're now on board and hopefully they
don't rob us
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hello what are you looking at
they're gonna tell some cow jokes now
like what do you call a three-legged cow
there's a tri-tip that's right
what do you call a no-legged cow
ground beef everybody knows that one
right and what do you call the meanest
cow in the herd
that's of course uh feet jerky
that was the best
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we're pulling back into town
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and that is our day riding the grand
canyon railroad to the south rim of the
grand canyon brother what was your
favorite part of the day
my favorite part was at the end when we
were in the coach the cow jokes the cow
jugs
okay so yeah there was some
entertainment on board that i didn't
expect for example the musician the cow
jokes and also the robbers jumping on
the train in the middle of our route
home
that was a fun day riding the train to
the grand canyon now let's check in at
grand canyon railway and hotel the lobby
of this hotel feels very homey there's
so fast a fireplace chandelier and it's
a wide open space
oh it shocks me
we're going to give you a tour of our
hotel room a remote control alarm clock
and a nightstand
a flat screen tv
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yes there's a fridge
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mini fridge with a freezer wait that's a
freezer
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drawers for storage
a light
coffee maker oh and since this is a
railway hotel there's train art
overall this room is pretty simple i
like the color scheme it's nice and
simple uh
it smells good compared to some other
kettlebells a nice fresh smell you can
tell everything's well done
and
and there's one last part of the hotel
room that
is brother's favorite part i think he's
going to do the where did you go
fine uh all right here's the bathroom
so the showers
i'm gonna give you a tour of the
bathroom
there's a shower
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which is really nice and also it could
be a tub too
um there's a towel multiple towels sink
extra oils and toilet paper
oh there's a hair
there's a hair dryer and there's hand
soap and bloody lotion
and then that