Our weekend trip to Grand Falls, Northern Arizona

On Saturday Nathan and I headed out to Grand Falls to see the famous "chocolate falls" on the reservation. It is a little known wonder that is very cool! How many waterfalls have you seen in Arizona? They do exist and this is just one of them!

It was an overcast day with beautiful snow covering the San Francisco Peaks. This is the view heading into Flagstaff, AZ off of I-17.

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We drove through flagstaff, AZ and headed east on I-40 towards the reservation. You can see the peaks (the San Francisco Peaks) from there perfectly.

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Here is the water that flows into the waterfall, this is the "little colorado river" with the peaks in the background.

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Here we are posing for a photo with our doggie infront of Grand Falls. The mist that came up off the waterfall was cool! You can see that it's windy by our great hair styles!

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And now the long awaited photos of the falls, enjoy!

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Comments: 14

Jessie L. Mar 12, 2008, 5:58am EDT

That looks like a fun day. What a neat place, thanks for sharing your adventure.

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sheila ~the hapless housewife~ j. Mar 12, 2008, 6:21am EDT

thanks for posting this!

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Marianne R. Mar 12, 2008, 7:52am EDT

Cool location and great photos.

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Lisa J Mar 12, 2008, 8:19am EDT

Wow! It looks like chocolate? I never in my life knew such a place existed! Thank you so much for sharing these. I love it when I get to go on vacations and not pay for them. :-)

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Toni V. Mar 12, 2008, 9:52am EDT

I've never been there. Cool, another place to go. Thank you for posting to Photo Plethora. You might enjoy my article about the Workman Creek Falls as well. Workman Creek Falls

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Victoria H. Mar 12, 2008, 11:37am EDT

Great photos! Never heard of this place before. It made me want a chocolate bar! LOL

Thanks for posting to All Photo Essays Here!

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John S. (arizona) Mar 12, 2008, 2:24pm EDT

I wasn't aware of it either... Nice pictures, it sure does look like chocolate milk or something. Sounds like you had a nice day even though cloudy. Thanks.

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