Grand Canyon

We finally made it to the beautiful site of the Grand Canyon! Friday night, Katie and Kat (2 girls from my work) and Krisanne and I left to take on the 3.5 hour drive to the Grand Canyon. Saturday morning, we were up and at 'em by 7am to prepare for our big adventure. By the time we actually found the visitor's center, we decided to take on the South Kaibab trail off the South Rim of the Canyon. (This trail was in the sun, and with the temps in the low 40's, if we had an option, we wouldn't choose the shade).



We had a lot of fun hiking down the canyon wall on the slipperly, snow covered trail.









Throughout the 6 mile hike, we saw Ooh-ahh point,


Cedar Ridge, and Skeleton Point.

While we were at Cedar Ridge, we saw a California Condor (10 ft wingspan, and very rare, nearly extinct). Then, on the way back up the canyon, we saw the same Condor perched on a rock.











Krisanne indicates the Grand Canyon is a "big whole".

We were pretty proud of ourselves to say that we hiked 6 miles of the Grand Canyon in 4.5 hours. Parts were strenuous, but the views were certainly worth it.