Friday morning we drove 3 hours and reached the Grand Canyon! The kids have been so excited to see the Grand Canyon, ever since Dallin and I hiked down a few years ago. We stopped at the Mather Viewpoint first and had a good view of the river.
This is what it looked like by the time we drove a little farther to the village, ate lunch at the car, and rode the shuttle to the Bright Angel Trailhead. Luckily we had a good view the first stop because there was hardly any view at all.
This is what it looked like by the time we drove a little farther to the village, ate lunch at the car, and rode the shuttle to the Bright Angel Trailhead. Luckily we had a good view the first stop because there was hardly any view at all.
We hiked just a few minutes to this little tunnel. I did not let go of Connor & Savannah's hands the entire time. Dallin held on to Zach except for taking a couple of pictures. Jacob's really afraid of heights so he hugged the wall of the trail without any prompting from us.
Just as we got back to the shuttle it started pouring rain. We were happy to be out of it and the kids had fun on the "bus." When we got out we were supposed to transfer to a different shuttle to go to more lookouts, but the shuttle drivers swapped routes and we ended up sitting outside for quite a while. It was still pouring buckets,windy, and the temperature dropped to 57 degrees. Our poor kids were freezing in their shorts. So we left.
We drove to Phoenix and began our stay at my parent's house. Next summer we'll be back near the Grand Canyon again for a reunion, so hopefully we'll get to go back on a clear day.
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Wow, that is a cool picture under the giant rock arch!!
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