Yeah... Whatever

Emily was not impressed in the presence of a "Wonder of the World," and seemed more interested in the latest Facebook postings....

More Grand Canyon

We explored further to the west on the canyon.  Access is only available by buses or hiking.  We did a bit of both. 

One interesting finding was an old uranium mine from the 1950s and 1960s that is now a SuperFund toxic waste site.  Apparently, in the 1950s, they literally gave out tiny samples of uranium to visitors!  Now, it appears almost encased in sheets of lead or something.  They have not even begun to clean up the incredible contamination from the site.

...And we were there, soaking up the radioactive rays!

Our Hike into the Canyon

So, we got up early to take our hike into the canyon.

Yep!  We hiked all the way down and all the way up!

Uh... okay...would you believe we hiked just far enough to get really short of breath on the upward climb... just enough to take a couple of pictures?

Night walk to the edge of the Grand Canyon

Our evening hike from our room to the rim of the canyon was longer than expected because they are doing a lot of construction on visitor centers, parking areas, and so on.  We had to take a big detour and our planned sunset hike to the rim turned into night by the time we hit the edge. It turned spooky.

Foolish Canyon Visitors

Even though you find warning signs all over:

You still see people who simply cannot obey the rules....

Day at the rim of the Canyon

We wandered several miles along the rim of the canyon.

Grand Canyon

We arrived into the park at sunset.