Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon is all of the adjectives people use to describe it. It really is breathtaking. But it’s not what I thought it would be. I expected to crest a hill and there it would be. I expected to stand there and commune with nature and hear the wind whistling through the canyon, the birds chirping, and maybe even a little silence.

Five million people visit The Grand Canyon every year. And they were all there today :O). The pictures that I took today, really do not do it justice, and we only saw a fraction of the canyon. The kids worked on their junior ranger badges for The Grand Canyon. They will probably finish them tomorrow.

One of our favorite parts of the day was seeing the elk. We saw at least 20. Most of them we saw in the park, but our favorite ones were the three we saw in town outside of the Mexican restaurant we had dinner at. They have such sweet brown eyes. Traffic was stopped, and everyone was taking pictures.

Tomorrow we plan on seeing some ranger programs and some more of the canyon. We saw a movie today about the canyon and now Katie and Chelsea want to ride the rapids :O). I’ll keep you posted.

Learn more about:
Grand Canyon NP: www.nps.gov/grca
The Arizona Elk: http://www.arizona-leisure.com/arizona-elk.html