Thanks for the warning!

"Sonoran Dude" > wrote in message
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> Hi Guys! The following is unedited from an email a friend sent me
> regarding their recent trip to see the new Skywalk at the Grand Canyon.
> For anyone thinking about going, here is a reality check for you...Best
> regards.
>
> Chris wanted to see the new "thing" at the Grand Canyon , so we went this
> weekend. It is advertised as $25.00 to go out on the skywalk and the
> pictures show a beautiful building next to the walkway. Well; they are not
> quite "HONEST." It is $25.00 to go on the skywalk, but it is $50.00 to be
> on the reservation. You find this out after what they say is a 1 hour trip
> down a 57 mile dirt road. Wrong! this dirt road is 57 mile alright; the
> fastest you can go is 25 mph; you do the math!!! So, after this long drive
> you get the good news that it actually is $75.00 a person!!
>
> Chris said maybe we should forget it; I said after that road we are not
> coming back so get out the damn credit card. Then you get on their bus for
> a 10 min ride to the "walkway"; built in one of the ugliest place on the
> whole Grand Canyon; not a tree to be seen and the water is gray below!
> Their building is not started, so you have a trailer to go into to go
> through a metal detector and leave your camera and purse in the trailer.
> The walkway glass was cracked which lead me to believe they may have a few
> engineering glitches and I got my ass off the thing right away after
> seeing that! Believe me it is not as big or long as it looks on TV. They
> do give you a buffet lunch, with your ticket, at "Guano" (means creature
> poop) Point. The Indians used to go over the cliff here to pick up bird
> crap to use for Makeup (war paint). You get to sit in one of the windiest
> places on earth to eat your chicken or ribs covered with blowing dirt and
> whatever. We passed on the lunch. There are buses leaving every 10-15 min
> with 52 people on board at $75.00 per person $3, 900.00 per bus from 8:00
> am until 6:30 pm. That's $156,000.00 per day! I guess they are making a
> lot of money. They are flying people in from Vegas and Laughlin to go see
> this thing! I guess the Indians are smart; but not so honest about all the
> details of the activity. We had to stop and change a tire for a young girl
> who took her grandparents out there. They had the right kind of car and
> good tires; but the road is terrible, they blew out the side wall of the
> tire. They must have hit the side of the road and a big rock. They did not
> know where the spare tire was and were completely helpless. The tow truck
> would have come out there but it would have been 2.5 hours and $400.00!
> The girl was very scared and grateful we stopped to help. Some guys
> stopped to ask if this was the right way to the Skywalk. Grandpa yelled
> out go back it is not worth it!! One last detail, the hotel the Indians
> run to accommodate this adventure looks great online, but the sign at
> check in says "SINCE THE TRAINS COME BY EVERY 10 -15 MINS PLEASE ASK FOR
> THE FREE EAR PLUGS". We immediately canceled our reservations and made it
> to Kingman , AZ for the night. We got up at 6am and got the hell out of
> Arizona!