This past weekend we traveled over to Arizona and made our way down to the Grand Canyon for our Rim to Rim to Rim hike! We have been planning this hike for a while and when it finally arrived, we were a little nervous about how strenuous it was going to be... but we made it and had a wonderful time as well! We started at the South Kaibab Trail at the South Rim on Saturday morning and hiked down to Cottonwood Camp that evening (hiking down is a lot harder than hiking up... at least on my knees and legs!) The next day we left our stuff at the campsite and hiked up to the North Rim and back down again that afternoon. The third day we hiked from Cottonwood to Bright Angel Campground and bummed around at the bottom of the canyon that afternoon and the fourth day, we hiked out of the canyon up the Bright Angel Trail for a total of 48 miles!
We made it to the North Rim!
the leaves were beginning to turn colors... fall is here!
view from North Rim lookout point.
Ribbon Falls- see Brian on the left-hand side to put it into perspective
We got a lemonade at Phantom Ranch down in the bottom of the canyon per my Grandpa Kidder's recommendation... it hit the spot for sure!
We tried to take a picture at night but couldn't get it into focus (shutter open for more than 1 minute)... you can see the light at the top which is the North Rim lodge.
4 comments:
It's trips like this that make me so incredibly homesick for fresh air and open sky. Beautiful pictures, and I hope you cherished every moment of it.
SeeingredinChina, I really appreciate your blog and your insightful posts. Thank you!
i wish i was there! i love the pictures.
whoa mama! looks incredible.
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