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A rim walk offers spectacular glimpses of the stratified canyon walls through stately pines .
Each overlook casts the Canyon in a wonderfully different perspective and light . This first leg of the loop has numerous sweeping curves , but the distracting view and the moderate-to-heavy national park traffic keep the speeds low .
After leaving the park to the east , the ride continues through the Navajo Nation . The grandiosity of the Canyon melts into the panoramic red and gray hews of the high desert . The expansive landscape is dotted with Native American arts and crafts stands — more kickstand work if that is your thing . This is the part of the ride that includes long , straight stretches of higher-speed riding . After miles of this lunaresque Arizona landscape on the northward stretch of U . S . Route 89 , a change comes on the westward turn onto U . S . Route 89A .