We arrived in Grand Canyon in the evening and set up camp in
the dark. The most beautiful campsite (227)
we have ever stayed at, we were taken back by how perfect it was. After our first night we woke up to find an
Elk in our campsite, a little ways away and enjoyed seeing our first
wildlife.
We took it easy that morning
with a pancake breakfast and then ventured out to the Visitor Center to find
out all that Grand Canyon offers.
We
checked in and got the Jr. Ranger assignments, saw the visitor center movie
about the Grand Canyon (which dad fell asleep in) and then headed out to the
Rim.
We walked along the rim and even
made it out (by bus) to the Hermit’s Rest (the tip of the hiking trails). We stayed out that way and enjoyed the
beautiful sunset of the Canyon at Hobi Point.
We headed out to Powell Point to see the stars after the sunset. There were no lights out there and we were
the last ones to leave the point. It was
dark and scary, but thankfully we caught the last bus back to the main route and
weren’t left to hike back as some of us thought was going to happen. John and
Jason saw a shooting star. 8) It was a surreal
feeling being the last ones off the Grand Canyon and the singing of the girls
in the dark was amazing. We were singing
“Rejoice in the Lord always” and “This is the Day the Lord has made” and “Trust
and Obey, hearing them pray and tell God they trusted Him to help them was
memorable.
Here are some other fun shots from day one:
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