We finally visited the Grand Canyon this weekend. It's just 3 hours away from us. We've planned to go for weeks and kept canceling for one reason or another. We picked a perfect weekend. We were already spending the weekend in Sedona, so we were even closer to the Grand Canyon in Sedona and National Parks were free this weekend because of some back to school send off.
Can't really describe the Grand Canyon or take good pictures of it. It was nice. It was big. Have to say, from seeing so much of Arizona over the last several months, it was kind of 'eh. :-) Too many people from what we have been used to exploring Arizona on our own. We had to keep a tight grip on our kids, crowds and that big drop...
We hiked a little and then we got on the trams that take you from one scenic view to another. We got sucked on to those buses and ended up spending just as much time on them as we did viewing the Grand Canyon! It was like the old Kingston Trio song about the guy that got on the MTA and never returned. We got on at one point, thinking it would take us back to our parking lot. It eventually did, after 2 hrs riding buses and making a few changes from the "Blue" line to the "green" line. Very confusing. At one point The bus stopped at yet another scenic viewpoint and announced it would be stopped there for 8 minutes. We had not gotten off the bus in about an hour, not wanting to lose our spot thinking we would eventually get back to the parking lot if we just stayed on. Anyway. I decided 8 minutes was enough time to jump off and change Lucy's diaper and fill our water bottles. - It wasn't. Just as I was running back, I saw the bus pull away with Brent and the girls on it! Lucy and I caught the next bus and we rode separate for a while. Brent had my map and I was trying to figure out were to get off to get back to the parking lot. Meanwhile, Brent and the girls had gotten off the bus at the next stop and got on our bus, reunited again. The girls were so happy to see each other. Brent had to stand with with the girls at the front of the bus and Lucy and the older 3 girls spent their time shouting each other's names and waving at each other until enough people had loaded and unloaded where we could all sit together again. Such fun.
Well, Bet you've never heard a Grand Canyon story where the tram system was discussed more than the Canyon itself. :-)
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