[Cowperson]

From Phoenix, it’s an easy drive to the Grand Canyon. Easy to get around the south rim area.

I was there in November and hiked down to the river, camped overnight (with a permit), then hiked out the next day. Fairly epic experience. Believe it or not, it’s a bit hard to climb 5,000 feet or so up from the river. Woof.

There’s a sign on the canyon rim, put up by park authorities, of a guy bent over and puking on the ground. Then a warning in several languages to be thoughtful about walking down there. A doable foray might be to take Bright Angel to Indian Gardens and back out, about halfway down. That’s still a hard climb back out on something called Jacobs Ladder.

It’s nice walking along the rim - you can go quite a long way and not too difficult.

Regarding the skywalk, never been there but, if you do a little googling on the topic, I believe you park some distance away and have to pay to take a shuttle in and, secondly, you are not allowed to take your personal camera or cellphone out onto the skywalk. There’s a photographer there and you have to buy from that guy. Thirdly, just relating from others who have been there, the drop below your feet on the skywalk actually isn’t that far as far as Grand Canyon vistas go. I’ve skipped it for those reasons.