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__Kaibab Trail__

Description: We thought the South Kaibab Trail was cool. From the bottom of the trail, you could see all the other people walking in to the canyon. They looked like they were walking on the cliff with no trail under them. The trail had many rocks and could be slippery.

What We Did: We hiked down a long ways for about one and a half hours to get to a point where we stopped and rested. There were big rocks to sit on and there was a great view. If we kept going, we could go to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. Then we hiked another hour and a half back up the Kaibab Trail and going up was a lot harder on my body than the was down.

History: The making of this trail consisted of dynamite and the workers paved it all the way to the bottom. The trail was created because the only other trail into the Grand Canyon was by paying to go down. This was the first free trail down the canyon.

Environmental: There were rocks on the trail that had seashells in them. This was because the water used to cover the land. In addition, a limestone layer, that can only be formed underwater.

Thoughts: Since we have never seen the Grand Canyon, it was truly amazing and we can see why it is one of the great wonders of the world. Thanks, to John Wesley Powell for exploring and discovering the canyon.

__River Trip__ Description: There was a big dam, which held the water back and created a lake. There was one small rapid but nothing like what Powell encountered. When we stopped on a little beach, there were petroglyphs. We saw a rock that was called the monk rock and had a man praying.

What We Did: We took a boat through the Glen Canyon River Dam. We stopped a beach where we viewed 3,000-year-old petroglyphs. They were amazing to see with goats on the picture. We took the same river trip as the early stages of the Powell expedition. We also learned about how Powell named certain geographical sites so that he could remember them if he came back.

Facts: River is 85 ft at its deepest point. The Glen Canyon Dam was 600 ft high and the dam was obviously not there when Powell had arrived. There were some bushes caused major wild fires very easily. The Glen Canyon leads into the Grand Canyon if you keep going.

Thoughts: It was very cold on the boat because the water hit us when we went fast. There were very old and creative things that are very remarkable like the petroglyphs. The river trip was our favorite part of the trip.

__Wupatki National Monument__

Description: The monument was an ancient adobe pueblo. The pueblo was still mostly intact so the structure was very strong for being hundreds of years old. The pueblo was three stories tall. The pueblo did not have doors because geologists believed they didn’t use doors but ladders to get into their home.

What We Did: Unlike most pueblos, we were able to walk into them from stairs that construction workers made. We also were able to walk around the pueblo and view the incredible structure that the pueblo was made on. Even though we didn’t get to the bigger pueblo it was still a very big and well structured building.

Facts: The monument was 800 years old. The natives used ladders to get into the building. There was a whole town of the structures but most had disintegrated into the dirt below.

Thoughts: I liked being able to go inside the pueblo instead of just looking at it from the outside. It was neat seeing the small rooms, but how this could fit many families amazed me.



__Sunset Crater__

Description: Sunset Crater was a big volcano. It had trees, grass, and volcanic rock along the side. I almost fell onto the rock twice. We could not up the actual volcano but I wouldn’t want to because the volcano was made out of ash entirely. I liked being able to walk around in the lava field. What we did: We got to go into an ice cave that was carved out of the rock. We hiked around the crater and saw the San Francisco Peaks further away. They were covered in snow. Facts: Sunset Crater is a cinder cone volcano. Sunset Crater really doesn’t have anything to do with craters. If the San Francisco Peaks erupted, we would be turned into particles instantly and die. Thoughts: The volcano was the first I have ever been to. I would like to go back and be able to spend more time learning about the volcano. This was the one place I felt like I did not learn that much. It was fun to be in some nice weather at the end though.