Wouldn't want to get closer to the edge than this!
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Ornately-carved chairs outside of some of the Hotel's rooms
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Tarahumaran mother and child
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This building is the bar/recreation room with large picture
windows overlooking the canyon.
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Hardy plants still find a way to grow, even on these steep,
rock canyon walls.
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Great views from the ridge
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A distant view of the Hotel Barrancas
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Volcanic activities were, in large part, responsible for
much of the formation of the Copper Canyon area.
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Another lone agave looks over the depths of the canyon.
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Another surreal mist covers the hotel.
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The canyons are made largely of hard stone resistant to
erosion.
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These plants can hardly wait to soak up the coming rain.
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The hotel has a beautiful, rustic look.
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This hotel is often confused with the Hotel Posada Mirador
Barrancas.
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Agaves line the railing at the Hotel Divisadero Barrancas.
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Dave checks out his camera before taking the "money shot"
of the canyon.
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Over the bridge, once again
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Down the steps past some of the rooms at the
hotel
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Volcanic activities and ash deposits, hardening to tuff,
helped to form the canyons.
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The canyons are also made up of sandstone, limestone, and
deposits of lava.
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Hummingsbird feed and flutter against a rainy
backdrop.
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