Skywalk

I took Kyle to the Grand Canyon Skywalk for his graduation present. I'd heard some good and bad reviews on it, such as you have to take a 14 mile dusty, bumpy road to get there, that it's pricey and that the place still looks like a construction site, but that the canyon is beautiful, the Skywalk is amazing and you can see the Colorado river really well. All of this was true and because we were expecting them, the not so amazing parts didn't bother us.
the dusty road to the canyonour lunch viewa raven trying to share our lunchthe cliff we ate lunch onColorado riverwe hiked up to this spot for a 360 view of the canyonThe second stop, where the Skywalk is, was Eagle Rock, so named because of this rock that looks like an eagle (flying out towards the canyon). The story goes that the eagle protects the people of the Haulapai indian tribe.There weren't any guard rails so we could walk right up to the edge of the canyon.The Haualapai tribe owns 108 miles along Grand Canyon West. They had a little village set up for tourists.The Skywalk: 70 feet away from the edge of the canyon and 4,000 feet above the Colorado river (but not straight down).
Unfortunately cameras weren't allowed on in case they were dropped and "scratched the glass". Of course if you wished to purchase a professional photo you could, for a fee of 30 or so dollars. (We didn't.)

The Skywalk was pretty neat. It had glass along the bottom so you could see straight down. It was eerie to see the edge of the canyon through the glass and then step off over air! Although no cameras are allowed, you can stay on as long as you want and they don't mind if you lay down on the glass to get a better view looking down. (We did.)
As Kyle said, the Skywalk is one of those things you definitely should do once but probably shouldn't do twice.