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Journal 1: **The Hike!** The first thing that we did when we got to the grand canyon was to go on a hike. at first i thought it was not going to be that great. i thought it was just a giant hole. but it was amazing. the view was astonishing. i got a little freaked out when i got close to the edge.it looked like the canyon never ended.and we were only on one side of it .after we were done viewing from afar we took a tour and hiked into the canyon.the trail that we hiked on was called the South Kaibab Trail. the hike took about 1 hour and 30 minutes, but we didn't even go half way down the canyon. i wanted to go to the bottom until i heard the tour guide said it takes two days to go down the canyon and then up. it was very cool. there was also a drop and rise in temperature. at the top of the canyon it was freezing cold. but as we hiked deeper and deeper into the canyon it got warmer.the hike was a lot of fun.

Journal 2: **The Colorado River!** The next day of our journey to the grand canyon was sailing on the Colorado river. The way we got there was taking a bus to get on another bus. Then we went trough this tunnel that was about 2 miles long. it was very dark, but also cool. After the long tunnel we ended up next to this really big dam. That's where we started our boat ride and made our way through the Colorado. It was the coldest boat ride ever!! It was cold weather itself, and then there was wind that the boat made. About half way there we got of the boats to see the hieroglyphics. It was amazing to see the drawings that have been there for about 3000 years. Then we got back on the boat to end our journey. But as we were headed back my entire left leg was soaking in water. As we came to a stop we got off at another section of the Colorado River.

Journal 3: **Sunset crater!** The weird thing about this crater is that its not a crater, it is a volcano. the last time it erupted was in 1064 A.D. The really cool thing is that there is a lot of dried up rocks that was previously lava. Another thing that was interesting but strange was the limestone. It is strange because lime stone only grows in the ocean, and there is no ocean near Arizona. I thought that the ice cave was the best. it was really cool that there was a cave made from dried lava and it was cool enough to keep the ice from melting. Sunset crater was very interesting. Journal 4: **Wutpaki National Monument!** The Wutpaki Monument was an old pueblo made a long time ago. We were able to go inside and look at how these Native Americans developed their housing.The pueblo was a very good insulator for warm weather, and they used one room for all of their work. It was coll to see how such an old structure could still be standing today!