Warmer And More Comfortable It Becomes, Until, On Reaching
The River, The Word "Delicious" Alone Conveys The Rich Sense Of
Satisfaction That One Feels All Over The Body In The Delightful Sensation
Experienced.
No time is so agreeable for a long stay in the depths of the
Canyon as in the heart of winter.
A semi-tropical climate below, while
above, within three hours easy ride, a snowy winter may be reigning
supreme!
Winter in the Canyon. Robert Brewster Stanton, who made his successful trip
through the Canyon in wintertime, comments on this as follows: "It has been
the fortune of but few to travel along the bottom of the great chasm for a
whole winter, while around you bloom the sweet flowers, and southern birds
sing on almost every bush, and at the same time far above, among the upper
cliffs, rage and roar, like demons in the air, the grandest and most
terrific storms of wind and snow and sleet that I have ever witnessed, even
above the clouds among the summit peaks of the Rocky Mountains."
Change in the Flora. This climatic diversity above and below is noticeable
all through the year to the man or woman of sharp eyes, in the difference
of the flowers, the shrubs, and the trees. Above are the pines, the cedars,
and junipers of the cooler climes. The further down one goes, the greater
the change becomes. The pines drop out, then the cedars and junipers, and
when one reaches the patches of growth in the lowest depths, the agave, and
other plants and flowers that we find only in semi-tropical climates here
grow profusely.
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