We were picked up for speeding, 15mph over the speed limit, by a very zealous cop, on our drive from Phoenix to Tucson. He was very very serious indeed and we said a lot of "yes sirs and no sirs". Fortunately he dropped it down to 10mph over so the fine was less.
I too was disappointed by the amount of pollution in the GC. I wonder if it is true that some of it comes all the way from China, as we were told?
The GC can be a very spiritual experience don't you think? One first seeing it, I just stood there for a few minutes, with tears running down my face. "Grand" is such an understatement.
LOLOL Our little group of 4, we agreed at the beginning of the day, that we weren't allowed to say the word "Awesome" all day.
You will fully understand how difficult a task that was.