Yesterday we went to the Grand Canyon. We took the Grand Canyon Railway train from Williams to the South Rim for the day. Unfortunately, before we boarded the train we discovered the camera battery was dead! No pictures...bummer! But, we decided we'd drive back up while in Flagstaff this week and take pictures of our favorite spots. So, we left the camera behind and had a great time.
If you've seen the Grand Canyon, you know there are no words to describe it...what came to my mind when seeing it was...How could anyone see this awesome, magnificent thing called the Grand Canyon, and not believe in a God...of some kind. It's so awe-inspiring, I have no words to describe it. I had thought Yosemite was magnificent, but this tops that by a long shot. We were blessed with a couple of rare-endangered Condors that were gliding...not flying, they were gliding and circling the canyon for at least 5 minutes and came within 15 feet of us a few times. We felt blessed to just be in the company and observe these magnificent creatures...(I keep saying magnificent don't I? Can't think of a better word...?!)
There are signs all around warning not to feed the animals. Right outside the cafeteria and gift shop, were several squirrels that have obviously been well fed by people. They aren't the least bit afraid of people. I had sat on the ledge to eat an ice cream and a couple of the squirrels trotted right down to me, one even rared up on my knee sniffing! I was afraid he was going to crawl right up in my lap, so I slowly stood up. Mark sure wished he had a picture of that. Then the little guy scampered off to the trash beside me, climbed right on top and started licking a bowl of left over chili. Mark pointed out the little guy will probably have gas and his buddies would wonder later that night...what's wrong with 'Charlie' tonight, shew! (I knew you'd appreciate that little Mark tale).
After finishing our Grand Canyon hike, we moved to the Hopi Building and they were putting on a show for "Earth Day". It was pretty awesome...they did some kind of dance with 15 - 20 hoops. He started dancing with one of them and by the end, was making awesome displays with all these loops intertwined together. Oh yea, included with the train trip, unbeknownst to us, was a Gun Fight at the OK Corral before the train left in the morning. Lot's of antics by the actors on the train...and lo and behold, we even had a genuine "train robbery" on the way back, including masked gunment on horses running after the train, right before our eyes, followed by the robbers coming on the train, 'robbing' folks and last, but not least of course, the Sheriff coming thru to save the day. We'd have probably enjoyed the whole train robbery a tad more if we weren't soooooooooo exhausted from our full day of exploring and walking...and walking.
We're planning on heading back to the Grand Canyon tomorrow for pictures. Hope everyone else had a great day! Until tomorrow~
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