THE BIG SCREEN

Just outside the south entrance to Grand Canyon National Park, sits the little community of Tusayan. It's mostly a service oriented town, with motels, food establishments, and other businesses that cater to the traveling public. The National Geographic Visitors Center offers an IMAX, 40 minute movie about the history of the Grand Canyon, and arguably, other than the Grand Canyon itself, is the most popular attraction in the area. It's billed as the most watched IMAX movie of all time.

Since it had been a year since Patty and I had seen the movie, we decided that we would drive into Tusayan, and watch it again. As with all IMAX Theaters, the screen is huge, and when you sit directly in the middle, there almost isn't anything outside your peripheral vision. The action images taken by air (helicopter, I suspect), are almost as if you are in the aircraft. There have been many documented cases of people getting motion sickness at IMAX Theaters.

It was a good way to spend part of the afternoon, and the fact that locals who work in the park get free admission, just made the movie that much better!