Rebekah:
It took two days but I got all of our stuff ship shape. One of the beauties of organizing it all is that there is less stuff to have to deal with and what's there is easier to get in and out of the car. Elijah and I kept imagining that the Grand Canyon was really the first stop on our journey. So even though it took us a week of driving to get there it feels like we have finally just begun.
Eli:
For the last 3 days we have been at the Grand Canyon. We now are now in a hotel in New Mexico. The Grand Canyon is the largest canyon in the world. It was awesome we went on a rim trail called the trail of time. There were a bunch of things on the ground that had numbers on them they went up to 2 billion. There were also stones on pedestals every single known type of rock in the canyon.
Rebekah:
While we were exploring the rim trail, on our way back to the car, we looked up and saw a huge bird fly by overhead. It was a California condor. Later we talked about why there would be a California condor in Arizona. We decided that for condors there isn't really state boundaries. To them it's all just land.
Izzy:
The Grand Canyon is the biggest canyon in the world. I got a raven finger puppet at the Grand Canyon, because there are lots of ravens at the Grand Canyon. I was looking at it and liking it for three days. I like the finger puppet because he is cute and cuddly.
Rebekah:
On our second day roaming around the rim trail we came across Kolb Studio. It housed a little museum about the Kolb brothers who spent a good chunk of the early part of the 20th Century photographing the canyon. One of the brothers was very adventurous and the other was very dependable and practical. They worked together for many years, but then they began to fight a lot, so they flipped a coin to see who got to keep the photography business they had built together. The one who lost moved to California.
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
The Grand Canyon
Rebekah:
Driving through the Arizona desert during the rainy season, what they call monsoon season, was quite a surprise.
The desert has so much green. In some places it was almost lush. At one point we drove off the highway to get a snack on route 66. It seems that many of the little towns still survive by keeping the nostalgia of route 66 alive.
We rolled into our camp site at 8pm, just after dark. We had to set up the trailer tent for the first time in the dark. All the kids helped out as we read the instructions for set up. We were all in bed by 10:30, which is pretty good considering that we still hadn't organized any of our gear. It's a nice little trailer and I think we were all pleased to be in it. We had only made a reservation for one night, but after days of driving we really wanted to stick around longer, so Elijah got us a second camp site in the morning. We broke camp quickly and moved over to this second site. A much greener and nicer site. We were all pretty happy about it. Izzy even climbed a tree in his excitement.
Eli:
We are at the Grand Canyon, last night we slept in our new tent trailer.
Rebekah:
I spent most of the day trying to figure out all our gear and get everything ship shape. By the end I really wanted a shower. It turned out they clean the showers between 3 and 4 everyday. So we headed out to see the actual canyon without bathing.
The Grand Canyon is spectacular. The experience of being that close to such a big hole in the earth is giddy feeling.
Elijah had to do a meeting in the parking lot, so the kids and I went on ahead. The crowds were thick and there were a lot of French people milling about and acting blase about the big hole. Hannah kept trying to climb the railing so I finally had to carry her to keep from having a heart attack. The boys and I felt sad about the signs saying a breeding California condor died after ingesting some of the change people throw on the rocks near the look out. Finally Elijah found us at point Mather, and then we walked along the rim trail. Soon after we started, the wind picked up and it began to rain. A perfect way to walk the rim trail on a hot afternoon! The cold rain dried quickly as it fell on us, so we were refreshed but never totally wet.
When we got to Grand Canyon Village we found a nice restaurant, El Tovar, in a hotel with an old stone porch and rocking chairs.
We ate a great meal (well, all but Hannah, who no longer eats any meal served during meal time) and then we had dessert.
A great way to end a 2.5 mile hike along the edge of the Grand Canyon.
Driving through the Arizona desert during the rainy season, what they call monsoon season, was quite a surprise.
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| Desert Rock Formations |
The desert has so much green. In some places it was almost lush. At one point we drove off the highway to get a snack on route 66. It seems that many of the little towns still survive by keeping the nostalgia of route 66 alive.
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| All the Stores and Businesses in This Town Were Scrawled With Route 66 Nostalgia Images |
We rolled into our camp site at 8pm, just after dark. We had to set up the trailer tent for the first time in the dark. All the kids helped out as we read the instructions for set up. We were all in bed by 10:30, which is pretty good considering that we still hadn't organized any of our gear. It's a nice little trailer and I think we were all pleased to be in it. We had only made a reservation for one night, but after days of driving we really wanted to stick around longer, so Elijah got us a second camp site in the morning. We broke camp quickly and moved over to this second site. A much greener and nicer site. We were all pretty happy about it. Izzy even climbed a tree in his excitement.
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| Izzy Found a Great Climbing Tree |
Eli:
We are at the Grand Canyon, last night we slept in our new tent trailer.
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| Eli Working On His Blog Entry While the Other Two Played At Our New Camp Site |
Rebekah:
I spent most of the day trying to figure out all our gear and get everything ship shape. By the end I really wanted a shower. It turned out they clean the showers between 3 and 4 everyday. So we headed out to see the actual canyon without bathing.
The Grand Canyon is spectacular. The experience of being that close to such a big hole in the earth is giddy feeling.
Elijah had to do a meeting in the parking lot, so the kids and I went on ahead. The crowds were thick and there were a lot of French people milling about and acting blase about the big hole. Hannah kept trying to climb the railing so I finally had to carry her to keep from having a heart attack. The boys and I felt sad about the signs saying a breeding California condor died after ingesting some of the change people throw on the rocks near the look out. Finally Elijah found us at point Mather, and then we walked along the rim trail. Soon after we started, the wind picked up and it began to rain. A perfect way to walk the rim trail on a hot afternoon! The cold rain dried quickly as it fell on us, so we were refreshed but never totally wet.
When we got to Grand Canyon Village we found a nice restaurant, El Tovar, in a hotel with an old stone porch and rocking chairs.
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| The Rainbow That Appeared Just As We Arrived At the Restaurant |
We ate a great meal (well, all but Hannah, who no longer eats any meal served during meal time) and then we had dessert.
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| Sunset From the Porch of El Tovar Hotel, Originally a Harvey Co. Railway Stop |
A great way to end a 2.5 mile hike along the edge of the Grand Canyon.
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| It's A Long Way Down |
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