Grand

Grand
Three things we learned at the Grand Canyon:

1. The rock layer at the bottom is the oldest rock on earth: 1.8 billion years.

2. Ravens--there are thousands--will peck into an unattended cooler and eat everything in it but the canned goods. (We witnessed the results of this at the campsite across from ours.)

3. Last fall a man drove over the South Rim. He landed 4,460 feet short of the 4,500 foot-deep Canyon, but he--and the car--were pulled out.

We walked for miles along the Rim Trail, watched a coyote trot past our tent and elk cross the road at 6am, and looked up at night at more stars than we'd ever seen before. It was a beautiful visit. -DN