The GRAND Grand Canyon

Yesterday John and I took a day trip to the Grand Canyon with our friends from Massachusetes, Ray and Millie Surrette, pictured here. It was about a 2 hour ride one way. We went through the Navajo Indian reservation along the way and stoped at the oldest continuing Native American Trading post in North America located in Cameron. Everything in the store was made by Native Americans. Beautiful pottery, beadwork, leather and much more. The housing we passed was another story all togeather....  very poor.

The Grand Canyon certainly lives up to it's name.... it is GRAND. We drove along the South rim, from east to west. The canyon is 266 miles long and averages 10 miles across on a straight line from rim to rim (as the crow flies). It leaves you speachless and the pictures don't do it justice but I took quite a few anyway. Here are some, I'd like to share.

We had a picnic lunch sitting at one of the overlooks along the rim. Believe it or not that is only water in John's cup.......  maybe it was the altitude that affected him

There was snow all along the rim but down at the bottom there wasn't any. The temperature was in the mid 60's. The contrast of the snow and the different colored rocks was just spectacular.

One of the other things we all commented on was the fact that we saw more people from foreign countries than from America at the canyon. I don't know if it was the time of year or the economy that is the reason.             

It was a long day..... we started our journey just before 9 AM and returned to our RVs just after 9PM. The dogs greeted us enthusiastically, as their eyeballs were turning yellow. They practically bolted passed us to go out.  They were rewarded with extra treats and hugs.