Monday, January 09, 2006

Tuesday was Honeymoon Day 3. This was The Main Attraction for the week - our day trip to see the Grand Canyon.

From Sedona there are two ways to get to the Grand Canyon - we opted to go up Rt 89 on the east side of the South Rim, then get onto Rt 64 headed west into the Grand Canyon and then at the western end get on Rt 64 south towards Williams back to I-40. Basically it’s a circle and easy to do. The more scenic route is to take Rt 180 north to Rt 64 on the western side, but I think we were thinking that we would take that route home to see the scenic route at sunset. We didn’t leave the park until about sunset and it would have been dark by the time we reached Rt 180, so we stuck with the highway. No moon and no lights means there is nothing to see once the sun goes down, except the stars.

So, there’s a tributary of the Colorado River, called the Little Colorado River, that runs east of the main river. We stopped to check out the Little Colorado River Gorge. It’s like a miniature Grand Canyon, sort of, only in that it’s not as wide, but it is very deep and it was quite scary to stand anywhere near the edge. See a picture here. That smile on my face is completely fake because I was terrified and I had a death grip on that rail behind me, which was right on the edge.

We then proceeded to the Grand Canyon. Now this place gets a lot of press and to be quite honest, I was prepared to be a little underwhelmed. I was so completely wrong about how majestic and awe inspiring this natural wonder really is. If you have not been to the Grand Canyon, you must go see it. Amazing doesn’t convey. Huge doesn’t convey. There really is no adjective that quite describes it effectively. It is fantastic.

Fortunately, we were able to get several pretty good pictures along the rim:

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There are more that I opted not to upload or that didn’t turn out as well. It was a bright sunny day and the placement of the sun made a lot of photos hard to get without glare.

It was a great day and there were so many times we stood in awe of God’s wonderful creation. It was cool to see Scripture on plaques in a few places - Psalms of praise to our Creator. Beyond what I’ve posted there’s not much else I can say. Just look at the pictures again and then plan your own trip out there.