Thread: Back From Vacation

I gave the fish a little break for a week while I went to visit my family in Arizona and hiked the Grand Canyon. Nearly 30-years ago several of us hiked down to the Colorado River at the bottom and back up from the South Rim but this time my three sisters, a brother-in-law, a nephew and I hiked from the South Rim across to the North Rim.

It was 15-degrees when we started out at 5:30 in the morning on the South Rim, which is 7,000-feet above sea level.

When we reached the Colorado River at the bottom, which is only 2,400-feet above sea level the air temps were in the low 70s.


We saw some wildlife along the way including this nice buck

and this ram

I kept my eyes open for trout in the river

or in this creek that we hiked along for 7-miles as we started up the North Rim

but didn't spot any.


My nephew and I took a little side trip to see Ribbon Falls

We ended up on the North Rim at 8,250-feet above sea level

Overall we hiked 21-miles on trails that were cut into or built up on the canyon walls

It was amazing to look back across to the South Rim and realize how far we had come

The Grand Canyon really is one of the "Seven Wonders Of The World"