Route 66 Day 3 - Grand Canyon

Yesterday was absolutely breath taking. Kara will update you on what happened yesterday.

Painted Desert, Arizona

Painted Desert, Arizona

We are using the internet at Maswik Lodge in the Grand Canyon Village about to get on the road to head to Vegas. Tonight we plan on relaxing at our friend Brandi's place which will give me time to upload/edit some photos for the blog...for now, check out Kara's update!! :)

DAY 3 Wed Nov 7th:

We all woke around eight this morning-which to us still feels like ten due to the time changes. After showering and getting all packed for the day we made our way to Maswik's lounge for a real, very expensive, breakfast... In addition to filling our bellies, we got access to the Internet, filled up our water bottles and figured out our game plan for the day. After talking to Gina at the front desk we decided to take the "Kaibab Trail" despite it's lack of canyon on either sides of the trail at certain points.

Miles and Katie were daredevils as they scooted out toward the edges to get good views. If it weren't for Samm and myself having mild heartattacks every time they got within a foot I'm sure they would have sat out there on them. Personally, I found it extremely scary walking down these sandy, gravely paths where two feet to your left or right was a drop whose distance I don't want to begin to imagine. At one point Samm and I had to use our hands as blinders around our eyes because it was literally just a three to four-foot wide path with immediate drop offs on either side!!!!! Once we got to Cedar Ridge a mile and a half down we took quick bathroom breaks and sat out near this one edge for a while. Greg and I even made one of those anukshuks (Greg claims it was the best one of course) and as I'm typing out this blog I found out Samm took pictures of it before even knowing it was ours. After resting for a few it was time to head the mile and a half back up. As much as it was less frightening to climb up as opposed to down, it was also an entirely new level of difficulty! The elevation sure made things hard but we all made it back safely and without any scratches!!

We swung by the hotel for snacks (we never had lunch) before heading to Hopai Point to see the sunset!! We got there with enough time to walk around and get even more pictures of the giant hole. Finally we got back and ordered some pizza for dinner. We were able to watch Modern Family while stuffing our faces!

To top our night off, Gregory went to go look at the stars so we all wandered about ten minutes off to check it out. I don't think I have ever seen stars that bright!! We stayed out there long enough for Samm to snap some pictures and for Katie and Greg's sandal wearing feet to freeze. Time for bed so we can is early enough for the sunrise!!!