We woke up early; excited to explore the canyon. Since the National Park is protected, personal cars aren’t really welcomed at view points around the canyons rim. The parking lots just aren’t big enough to accommodate everyone Millions of people visit the Grand Canyon every year to see one of the Wonders of the World. The environmental impact of all the people and their cars would be too great so the park service came up with a wonderful solution. Visitors park their cars and take air conditioned trams to all points of interest. No one has to worry about parking or traffic or any of those mundane issues. Here are some of the sights we saw…
Abi, Ethan & June... enjoying the air conditioned tram ride to the rim
the first glimpse takes your breath away, "Grand" Canyon is not an accurate description of how immense it really is.
a distant view of the Bright Angel Trail which goes down to the canyon floor
a closer look: this is a strenuous trail that requires the whole day and LOTS of water. Its 20 degrees hotter at the bottom of the canyon!
Love is in the air
Millions of years of erosion by the Colorado River formed the MILE DEEP canyon!
its huge and vast and no camera in the world can capture its greatness
its SU-PER ABIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!
After a sweltering hike along the Rim Trail, we went back to camp to wash up and have a snack before going back to the rim to watch sunset. When we got to camp, we discovered why you are supposed to secure all your food items. A bird had ravaged our pantry, he ate everything from chips & incense to tea & cereal. Items and trash were strewn across the campsite. The bird was proud of his work and sat squawking in a tree high above us… laughing at our lack of caution.
We didn't even open the box yet and he ate it all!
He must be a professional, he even left a calling card!!!
A snack of honey mustard chips, seaweed and apples hit the spot!
Next we showered up and headed back to the rim to watch sunset. Sunset is amazing from any point in the canyon, there is no bad spot to watch the spectacle. The sky changes colors every minute and the sun paints the canyon walls in a million colors. I’m not even gonna caption these next pics, just marvel at how the sights changed from minute to minute. These pictures were taken in order over the span of about 30 minutes…
WOWSERS! That sunset was bananas! We went back to camp, cooked dinner and settled in around the fire for jiffy pop and beer. I gotta say it was a good day!
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