Grand Canyon

My husband and I hiked 1.5 miles down the bright angel trail. It wasn’t too hard going down, but coming back up was very difficult. Bring a lot of water! We were so hot and sore afterward.

I visited the Grand Canyon when I was 8. I loved it then, but am pretty sure that I would appreciate it even more as an adult. Supposedly, when my parents asked me what I thought at age 8, I said, “It’s quiet.”

It is so large and beautiful, I would like to simply look out at it and take it all in.

I would also love to stay in a camping resort there in the park, and do some hiking.

Take a helicopter ride over the canyon – get that jaw-dropping aerial view.

The Grand Canyon is best to see at sunrise!!

what i want to do when i get there is nothing except look. i can’t wait to see every color and texture and shadow. and i know that no camera i might have by then will be worthy but still…

i think maybe we’re going for my birthday this year. i’m crossing my fingers!

If you go – and you SHOULD, it’ll change your perspective on everything, it’s one of the most beautiful sights in the world – you need to take a helicopter ride out over the canyon. You get to see it much better than if you just stand on the side, and you get some of the greatest pictures. GO - don’t wait any longer! Take a friend, or go yourself, but be sure to see a sunrise over the canyon! I live in Georgia, and everything there is so different – I fell in love. Now I’m counting the days til I can go back. It’ll change your life!

This is not why, but because I wrote this and told some friends – we actually started making plans to go during the school holidays at the end of April. I book a hotel for three days in the canyon – and NOW will have to add Las Vegas to my list – since we will fly there and drive – may even see Hoover Dam… so you see there is value to saying it out loud.

Hiking down into it can be an realizing, spiritual and strenuous experience.

My wife and I went with two Japanese exchange students, Mickey & Naomi, back in the early 1990s (I really don’t remember the year). Anyway it was a cheap sleep in the car kind of trip.

We got there and looked down the canyon, which was really cool. Mickey and Naomi wanted to hike to the bottom, and were really disappointed to find out you need a permit. Since they were wearing sneakers and their water bottles were filled with orange Shasta, permits are probably a good idea (not a lot of desert in Japan, I’m thinking).

The highlight of the trip wasn’t the Grand Canyon, but a quick visit to Colorado City, a freaky polygamist town.

Sorry, gentle readers, but that story is for another time.

Awesome place. Would go back, but I’m staying at the top!