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 * __By Eric Cohen & Joe Bixby__**

This is the view from the trail that we hiked on.

This was our group. It was Eric, Joe, Thomas, Karri, Rachel, Madi, Sarah, and Craig. We all had a lot of fun.

We did a lot of Hiking and climbing too.

The hills were steep, and the trails were windey, so, we weren't allowd to take short cutts or roll rocks, because, we would hit someone.

This is a picture of everyone hiking. This is where we turned around and started hiking back up the canyon.

This is the Dam that we stopped to get on the boats to go down the river.

These were the rafts that we used to go down the river.

This cave is famous has someones name ingraved in the back. The Person lived arround John Wesley Powell's time.

This is the hill that John Wesley Powell Climbed, once he got to the top, he fired a gun to signal the others who left his expidition. And it echoed. This was the Ruin that we stopped at. It was made centries ago and it's still standing. It was called the Wukoki Ruins

Here is another picture of the ruin.

This is Sunset Crater, it's also a volcano. It isn't very sturdy, so we couldn't climb it. if we tried, the rocks would sink a little bit and it would be hard. This was a tree that fell once at Sunset Crater.

This is a picture of one of the San Fransico Peaks. When it erupted, it was worse than Mt. St. Helens. It litterally blew the top off. That's why it's like a bowl at the top.

this is the lava from Sunset Crator.

The Grand Canyon The trip was amazing. I’ve been to the Grand Canyon before, but it was a few years ago, and it was at a different spot. Te views were incredible. It was carved entirely by the Colorado River, and it took thousands of years to do it. A cool thing about it is that, you can see it from outer space. It looks like a giant scar on the Earth. The canyon is divided into layers, and that’s why the sides go from brown to tan to red. The tail was really narrow, and when people walked by, you had to move over for them. It was also really steep, so, we couldn’t take short cuts or throw rocks of the edge, because you will hit other hikers. The Ruin The Ruin that we went to was really cool. It was made centuries ago by the local Indians. It was made of Sand Stone, because sand stone breaks is easy to break into the right shape. They think that the house was used for astronomy, because all of the ruins’ windows have a perfect view for looking at the stars. The doors were really small, because they didn’t use them. They used letters to get from room to room. That’s why the roofs are open. They would go up over the wall to get to the other room. The doors were just used for windows into the other room. Also, it wasn’t more than one family would live in it. It would be like 4 or 5 families living in it. It shows that people were really smart. Glen Canyon We also went to Glen Canyon. The walls around us were at 7,000 feet above our heads, and by the time we finished, they would be at 14,000 feet above our heads. Once we got there, we got off the bus and went for a river rafting ride. It lasted a few hours, but it seemed like years, because it was cold and that made it less fun. We stopped along the way for a rest stop, and saw Indian writing on the walls. We were there for like 30 minutes, then got back on the boat. Wee saw a cave with a man’s name engraved in the back. The man was from John Wesley Powell’s time. We also saw the big hill that John Wesley Powell climbed and shot off a gun to signal the others that they were okay. When that part was over, everyone was happy. Sunset Crater Sunset Crater was fun, because it was the only the second time I saw a volcano in person up close. It was a Cinder Cone volcano. There was dried up lava all around it from when it erupted over hundreds of years ago. The other volcano that we could see was also a Cinder Cone volcano, but the top blew off in a huge explosion. The explosion was a lot worse than Mt. St. Helens. That was one of my favorite parts of the Trip.