Grand Canyon!! 5/2/11

Today I drug Wayne out of bed at 4:45AM!!  to watch the sun rise over the Grand Canyon.  It was so worth the effort!!  We literally sat on a rock on the rim edge for over 2 hours just watching the light change over the canyon walls.  We met a couple from Melbourne, a young man from London who had been to the Royal Wedding on Friday and flew to the States Saturday morning, and another man who discovered that he lived about 2 miles from the young man!  Other than those conversations, we sat in silence, drinking in the expanse of the canyon.  Later in the morning we hiked the rim trail marveling at the sites.  We had to leave around 1:00 to drive to Sedona (which I will cover in the next blog).  Hopefully soon we will be going back to hike to the bottom and stay at Phantom Ranch.   I'm sorry the pics are not better.  It was hazy most of the time.  I also did not have a proper filter. 

First look at the Canyon 5:20 AM!

This is around 6 am

around 7 am

It was about 28 degrees, but we had several layers on and were not cold

The tiny dot at the bottom is Phantom Ranch

The upper part of Kaibab trail going to Phantom Ranch

The tiny dots on the plateau are people!!

A cool tree on the rim

around 11 am

Looking at the North Rim

Wayne on a rock

The little white dot in the center is Wayne waving.  He is on the same rock.  This is zoomed out!

Not much below me!!

I tried to point the camera straight down.  This was about the best I could do.

The Canyon behind us is just a small part of this massive monument. 

The white spec in the river is a huge raft!