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 Our Trip to the Grand Canyon By: Ella Mazurek and Lynn Broussard The bus ride there wasn’t that fun, in fact it was rather boring. I mean when you have other kids yelling the whole way there, it’s hard to focus on anything. The only things that actually made it tolerable were my iPod and my friends. This is a picture of Elizabeth Miller (a friend) and her dad who is very nice When we finally got there I, for one, was so relived. Everyone else was too until we stepped outside. There were at least 3 people that had to get back on the bus to go get another layer because it wasn’t 80 degrees like Tucson. Anyway, still in the parking lot, we started to see interesting things. For example there was a giant double-decker bus that almost ran us over!!!!!

Of course we stopped at the bathrooms and then we moved on……. To see the Grand Canyon!!!!! The south rim was AMAZING! or majestic, as I like to call it. We all gripped the cold railing tightly because, after all, that was the only thing between us and a 100 foot drop!!!!! Here are some pictures. (The pictures from here on are pictures of the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. The description of this place was that there was a lot of open area and that the place was HUGE! It was made out of A LOT of rock layers and it was like a HUGE hole in the ground. It was also really cold there. Also in these pictures we hiked on the South Kaibab Trail. It was very fun.)



“WOW that’s deep!!!!!” Emily (right), Elizabeth (left)

From left to right: Ella, Emily, and Elizabeth. This is not a very good picture of me (Ella).

After everyone said their “wows,” we hopped on a small bus, which took us to the trail head for Kaibab tail. The hike was interesting. We were cautious at first but we got used to being so close to the cliffs after a while. Hiking, we saw different color rocks and a lot of squirrels. We also learned that water didn't erode the whole canyon, some of it was because water freezes in the craks of the rock and rocks pop off when the ice expands.Here’s a picture of Emily so close to the edge!



There were fossils in the rocks too!!!

The hike took a while, but we got some great group shots while we were resting on the rocks!!!!

  Left to right: Emily, Elizabeth, and Ella 

Left to right: Emily and Elizabeth



Left to right (again): Ella, Elizabeth, and Emily

Here are some nature pics too!!!!

 Down!!!!!!

 <span style="font-size: 130%; color: #6112bf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> “Woah!!!!!!!!”

<span style="font-size: 130%; color: #6112bf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Finally, we got to our destination: OOOO AAHH Point. And, man, a sight it was!!!!

<span style="font-size: 130%; color: #6112bf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-size: 130%; color: #6112bf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Left to right: Elizabeth, Emily, and Ella

OOO AAHH!!!

<span style="font-size: 130%; color: #6112bf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> Looking down at OOO AAHH point!!!



Emily and Ella on the edge!!!



<span style="font-size: 130%; color: #6112bf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> **All of us on the edge!!!!!!** <span style="font-size: 130%; color: #6112bf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">

<span style="font-size: 130%; color: #6112bf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Ella’s feet-random!!!!

After all our pictures were taken, we made the trek back, hopped on our bus, and found a place to eat. Dinner was rather gross, in my opinion, but at least we saw it snow!!!!

<span style="font-size: 130%; color: #6112bf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">media type="file" key="EM video.avi" <span style="font-size: 130%; color: #6112bf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">On Friday (the next day) we rode on a pontoon boat, that was rather ugly, down the Colorado River. I learned that //Colorado// means “red,” which is understandable since the water is reddish. The ride was long, wet, and cold at times, but still fun. We made one stop along the way to see some petroglyphs, which were kinda neat. ( The pictures starting here are the pictures we took on our river trip on the Colorado River. A description of this place is that the river was pretty small in my opinion. It was very beautiful. The river had some bumps where we got splashed, but only one place that was really bumpy. It was also very fun. ) <span style="border-top-width: 1pt; padding-right: 0in; padding-left: 0in; border-left-width: 1pt; font-size: 0pt; border-left-color: black; background: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding-bottom: 0in; layout-grid-mode: line; color: black; border-top-color: black; line-height: 115%; padding-top: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-border-alt: none black 0in; mso-font-width: 0%;">

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Our guide was nice and everyone was “all smiles.” I mean, how couldn’t you be with this around you?????



A nice waterfall that was created by snow-melt!!!!!

<span style="font-size: 130%; color: #6112bf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Another boat…..

<span style="font-size: 130%; color: #6112bf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Molly by the Glen Canyon dam..... There was so much pressure that they had to drill 7-foot staks into the sides of the dam to keep the rocks from falling.

<span style="font-size: 130%; color: #6112bf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">We got off the boat and got onto our buses which took us to Wupatki National Monument. This was where the Wupatki tribes used to live. Take a look!! ( The pictures here are from Wupatki National Monument. A description of this place is that it looks like it would be very hot here, but it was very cold out. Everyone was happy when we got back on the bus, but the place was still very beautiful. ) <span style="font-size: 130%; color: #6112bf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">

<span style="font-size: 130%; color: #6112bf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> The walls of the buildings were made of simply dirt and water (mud).

Once we finished our tour of the monument, we got on the bus and went to Sunset Crater!!! This place was cool; we were walking on volcanic rock!!!!! Sunset crater is actually a volcano, that has been dormant for 1000 years! Sunset crater is a cinder-cone volcano. ( The pictures from her on are pictures taken at Sunset Crater National Monument. A description of this place is that there was a lot of ash all over the ground. It also had a lot of bare trees around. No matter what, the place was still very magestic. )



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<span style="font-size: 130%; color: #6112bf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> For this one, we were actually on a bridge!!!



Here are some pictures of scenery (and people)……… <span style="font-size: 130%; color: #6112bf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">



<span style="font-size: 130%; color: #6112bf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> Elizabeth and Emily having fun!!!!

<span style="font-size: 130%; color: #6112bf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-size: 130%; color: #6112bf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> The dormant volcano…..



<span style="font-size: 130%; color: #6112bf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-size: 130%; color: #6112bf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">WOW!!!!!
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; color: #6112bf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> From a distance…….. ||

A random dead tree…

<span style="font-size: 130%; color: #6112bf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Craig

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<span style="font-size: 130%; color: #6112bf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Hiking…



<span style="font-size: 130%; color: #6112bf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-size: 130%; color: #6112bf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Overall, this trip was amazing and really fun! It was nice spending time with my friends and meeting new people. I'll have you know that I slept in an extra three hours becaues I was WIPED!!! I'm glad that I went on this trip since I had never seen the Grand Canyon before. Being with my friends made the experience a whole lot better!!!!!!