The Grand Falls of the Little Colorado is 185 feet tall. To compare, Niagara Falls is 167 feet in height. OK, so there is a big difference in the amount of water, especially in dry times of the year, but think about this huge waterfall at the end of a truck only dirt road, out in Navajo Indian Reservation. Despite the huge size and its chocolate brown water, it is almost totally ignored by everyone, especially the Indians who own the land. There is not so much as a sign on the nearest highway marking the road. As is usual, the wind blows 360 days out of the year and there is not a restroom (or even a tree) for miles in any direction. People do not go there to get married (I suppose it could happen, almost anything can), no one sells tee shirts, no one has a boat concession for rides into the mist, there are no high rise hotels overlooking gorge. Nothing but wind, red dirt and rock and water.
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