We are out of the Grand Canyon. I am a little lost on days and times because we really didn't have much of a signal to brows the internet or check mail or anything like that. Now mind you, I have NO complaints about that. And yesterday I was telling Jay that I didn't know what day it was or anything.
At the Grand Canyon it was just pure amazement. I really cannot explain what we saw and did. We ended up staying an extra night due to some car issues. By car issues... the starter broke and so Jay had to drive an hour away to get it fixed. Kinda blew our trip to the Sequoia National Forest, but that is okay, we got to see a lot of awesome things.
So the first day we set up and went and saw the sunset. WOW! The deer there were so friendly that you could walk right up to them. No, we didn't touch them. The sunset was beautiful, making us long for what the sunrise had in store. That night we heard this crazy sound, the description of it would be like a donkey and a cow mooing (Jays description) at the same time. (I will tell you in a minute what it is) We saw a sky beyond compare. You think of when Jehovah spoke to Abraham and told him to look up at the sky and count the stars and that is what his off spring would be... WOWOWOWOWOWWW! Once we got back to bed, because we woke up at 3 am to look at the sky, we heard coyotes in the distance. That was funny because they were yipping all over the place. It isn't like what you hear in movies folks, not always anyway.
The second day Jay and I got up to see the sunrise and was blown away. The colors that came out, and the sun hitting it and the shadow play... Just striking! Again, no words can express. Well this was the day that our car went pooey... So Jay had to go and get the repair done. The girls and I stayed at the camp. While there, Miss C was sick so I think it was good that we had a low key day. Just to let her relax and chill. By sitting there, we were given a new camp stove and some salt and pepper, oil and the like. The people were from France and they were done camping and wanted to give it way. Yay! Yes, I will happily take your discards when they are that good! We did walk to the market and back. On our way there (the first time) we saw Elk!!!! We saw either 3 or 4 cows with their calves. I say 3 OR 4 because they were laying all over the place. We did our little gift shop stop and on our way back to camp this man stopped us and told us to be careful, Miss J was on her bike, because there was a large male elk drinking water. This was the "small" male, he had chased away the big one. He happened to be a bit after our site, but not much, so I walked over and took pictures of him just drinking. It was amazing just seeing such a large majestic animal. Jay got home some time after that and he went for a de-stress bike ride before dinner. Both days we cooked at the camp. We also ended up with 2 new chairs, which was good because one of ours broke, so we are still 1 up! Gotta love it.
Day three we were B.U.S.Y. Jay and I went to see the sunrise again and then came back to have breakfast. We had to move campsites since the one we were at was booked for the night, so we did that while the girls did laundry. After that we took the bus to different points along the rim and did a lot of hiking and site seeing. It was just phenomenal seeing all the different parts. I think the most amazing to me was 1) hearing the Colorado River raging from 5000 feet below us, and 2) seeing the vultures flying BELOW us! There were 20-30 of them just flying. We did see ravens chasing a falcon, or a falcon chasing ravens... which ever it was, because the falcon kept coming back for more, it was neat. I'm trying to think what other wild life we saw. We did see 1 condor, because as it was flying we could see the number tag on its wings. We saw more elk on our way home. We ended up eating sandwiches because by the time we got back to camp it was dark. It was a full moon as well and all the animals were making noises last night. We heard more coyotes, more elk, and something I don't quite know what it was, but there are wild pigs out here, so maybe that was what it was. It is also mating season, so a lot of noise.
Day four, or today. We packed up and low and behold, walking right close to our site was a HUGE elk male. I was astounded he was just sauntering by. There happened to be 2 bucks and a few cows around. So more pictures! haha! We made it to Hoover dam and I walked along that taking pictures and video and then we made it to Las Vegas, had an in-n-out burger and checked into a dump of a hotel. The ratings lied to me from 2 different sites. This place is in the hood!!!!! Oh well, it is only for 1 night and then we will head to Utah for a couple days before headed back home.
Now onto some pictures!!!!!!!! I know this is really what you have been waiting for!
Okay, looks like you will have to wait until I have a goodish internet signal... booooooo!!!
