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= = =Michael Trial and Corey Steed= =18A=


 * Grand Canyon (South Kaibab Trail):

When we went to the Kaibab trail there was a lot of commotion about how far up we were. I mean there were zero hand rails and narrow pathways, which were inviting bad things to happen. We were about 6500 feet up in the air and the thought of falling off haunted us. But it wasn’t long that the fear left us and we realized that it was actually difficult to fall off. We saw several passing hikers walk on the VERY edge of trail without difficulty. We traveled all the way to Ooh Aah Point, about 1-2 miles. But it seemed a lot longer because it took us about 3 hours to go there and back. And the various steps didn’t help. We learned that the first people came to the Grand Canyon for gold, and made the trails we were on for their mules to travel up and down. We also saw an extraordinary amount of antelope squirrels, but few of other animals.**
 * River Trip:**
 * It was kind of cool to have our hotel like right next to Glen Canyon. It took us like 5 minutes to get there. So we took some special police bus through a pitch black tunnel all the way to Glen Canyon Dam. We saw big holes randomly while driving through the tunnel. And we learned it was so people could dispose of the rocks and debris when building the tunnel. We boarded the rafts and floated around for 5 minutes. Our guide told us the Glen Canyon Dam was used to help make hydroelectric power. Our guide also pointed out the different layers and elevations of the canyon. The elevation started at 500ft and ended at 1100ft. We also learned the rock layers were made of limestone, sandstone, and shale. We also saw two geological landmarks. One an arch that came** **//out//** **of the canyon wall, and the other was a rock formation shaped like a finger.**
 * Wupatki National Monument:**
 * We traveled to the ancient remains of an old Indian tribe. Wupatki they called it. The building itself looked to be made of some adobe brick but mostly likely chunks of sandstone found all over the area.It was surprising that the chimney was still in almost perfect condition. The building had many different doors, but they were only about 4 feet high. They weren’t really made for walking through, they were made for getting supplies from room to room. The ancient Indians used ladders to get into different rooms.**




 * Sunset Crater:**
 * When we were driving to Sunset Crater, we saw the far side of the volcano. The dirt was dark black and looked like an endless flood of lava cooled and covered every inch. When we first looked at the volcano it didn’t really look like you would expect. I don’t know if it was because it was a cinder-cone volcano. On the trail we saw lots of sharp jagged rocks formed from the lava eruption. Also along the trail we learned that the eruptions took place a while ago, probably around 1100 AD. But the residue of the eruptions looked like it was made just days ago. Toward the end of the trail we saw a cool ice cave, but apparently we could only see a small portion cause it was restricted.**