DAY 5: The Grand Canyon

Sad leaving Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, but had such a great experience and did everything we could think of, so it's time to go and see one of the wonders of the world...

It took us 2 hours to get to the Grand Canyon, and the driving was somewhat stressful for Dana, but she did it. That's been her attitude for the whole trip: Stressed but chugging along.

We got there at 10am-ish Grand Canyon time and couldn't check in until 2pm! We did A TON in that time!
We walked the Bridle Path and I walked up to Bright Angel Point (N-O for Dana, but she got to see the pictures). There was a talk on the California Condor that we listened to and we walked the 3 or so mile Transept Trail to the cute General Store at the Grand Canyon Campground. We felt smart and fit because we drank a lot of water and walked the entire trail no problem with the elevation being over 8000 ft you know! We also bought all of our souvenirs and I mailed 4 postcards.

Once we checked in, we sat on our cute porch in the rocking chairs and read some articles in our Best Friends magazines. There was an historical presentation on Lee's Ferry and then we watched the Aspen Fires glowing in the distance. The Aspen Fires were started by lightning at the end of July and have burned through both the Kaibab National Forest and the Grand Canyon National Park.

Bed #1 in our cute little cabins

Dressing Area

Funky Old Bathroom

Aspen Fires in the Day

To chronicle our trip in a unique way, Dana and I wrote interview questions and recorded an interview of each other on my HD flip. Can't download it here because it's just too big, and it was 20 minutes long, but it was cute to do. We're happy to have done it. It makes a great memory of our adventures.

Our Little Interview Seating Area

Most of our day was spent saying, "Wow." It really is magical at The Grand Canyon.

The View From Bright Angel Point

Another View From Bright Angel Point
I was supposedly looking out and seeing San Francisco!

The Canyon in the Evening Sun

View of where I took some pictures!

This area was seemingly totally unsafe. You can see teeny tiny people out on that point. It's a walkway and platform out over the Canyon. The platform - that's way out there over the Canyon - is completely eroding.

No complaints though. Every bit of the time at The Grand Canyon National Park was gorgeous, and I'm so thankful to have had the opportunity to see it.