The canyon is Grand

We got to the Grand Canyon on Sunday at about 5:30. After setting up the camper and getting a quick dinner, we set out to see this so called canyon! I say that only because the whole ride to the canyon is trees and mountains. Nowhere is there any indication that any canyons are around much less a grand one! So we are quite sceptical that such a place exists!

Getting to the canyon is a bit complicated, most places you have to go by shuttle, so we hopped on and the sun is quickly going down the closer we get there. We arrive and get off the bus and still no canyon! A short walk up a path and BAM there it is! Even, in the now dark, it is the coolest thing we have seen and cant wait for the morning to come so we can actually see it. Charles and I decide to get up early to watch the sunrise above the canyon. The kids wanted no part of that! We got up at 4:30, and it was so worth it! That canyon is huge and it is really breath taking!

Now we have the kids up and take them and they are in awe of it too. Caleb is a bit afraid of heights so we had to coax him into a few pictures, but he soon relaxed, except for when it came to the dog, he would not let me take him anywhere near the edges for fear that Riley would just jump off!! Crazy, I know!

I took a lot of pictures and we walked around the south rim, until the heat caught up to us all. We almost killed the dog with the heat, he would run from the sunny areas to the shade, rest a bit and then repeat the whole process.

I was actually sad to leave, there is a lot to do and tons of stuff to see, so maybe one day we will get back, who knows!