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Room 12B-Daniel Bahureksa This wiki is for my Grand Canyon Photo Journal

On the first day of our trip we drove down to the Grand Canyon. When we got there we had to close our eyes and go to the edge of the Grand Canyon. I was truly surprised when I saw it because there were a lot of plants and trees growing in it and its way more beautiful than you’ll see in pictures. After seeing it I almost couldn’t believe that it used to be underwater!

The Grand Canyon

Shortly after we started hiking down the South Kaibab Trail. It is about a 3 / 4 mile hike. The guide showed us a lot of things like sponges in the rocks that were there while the Grand Canyon was underwater.(There were also some shells). At the end of the hike we reached a point called Oh Ah Point. Oh Ah Point gives you some amazing views because of the elevation and the rocks. The uphill hike was way more tiring than the downhill and took probably double the time that it took to get there than when it was downhill, mostly because we took a lot of breaks.

View from Oh Ah Point

After we rested at the hotel we drove to the Colorado River. Before we got there we had to go through a long tunnel that was about two miles long that pretty much went through the walls of the Glen Canyon. The River was incredible but very cold. We got off our boats at one point to look at some hieroglyphics on the walls. We also learned from our guide that the dam at the Colorado river was about 700 feet tall!

The Colorado River

Hieroglyphics in the Colorado River.

After we got to Lee’s Ferry we got off the boats and drove to a place called Cameron that had a lot of cool art and products, we also ate lunch there. Then, we drove to a place called Wupatki On the way our guide told us that corn, beans, and squash could be grown almost anywhere. When we found out that another school group was already occupying Wupatki we drove to a different place called Wukoki. Wukoki means “long house cut in two”. Many tribes lived in these places such as the Anasazi.

Wukoki The last place we went to was Sunset Crater. The rocks were black and had something growing on them. We hiked for about forty minutes and on the way we saw an ice cave. After our hike we finally got to a crater that was rather small. The Ironic thing is that Sunset Crater isn't actually a crater. After that we went back to the bus and drove back to Tucson. , Crater inside Sunset Crater