Grand Time

GREAT WIDE OPEN: So, last week we had a great trip the the American Southwest, including spending several hours at the Grand Canyon. 

It was the first time Christian, CJ, Annabelle and I had ever seen it.

I was expecting it to be big, and, well, grand, but wow ... you just have to see it to believe it.

Have I mentioned it's really big? Oh, and do you see the wildfire across the canyon there? That made our photos not so clear and my sinuses not so happy.

I have *so* many pictures. 

In retrospect, I wish I had cataloged all my photos somehow by viewpoint, day, time ... anything, but I didn't. We just went, and marveled and I snapped some shots.  Living in the moment.

For the record, we were there on  the afternoon of September 12, 2018, through sunset, and then on the morning of September 13.

So, I'll park a bunch of photos here now. At some point I hope to double back and explain which viewpoints we were at. 

I do love this photo (below). Kind of puts things in perspective. Literally.

 I suppose I should mention we were on the south rim. 

 The rock formations below were so interesting. What caused the craters in them?

 In the photo below, note the smokes from wildfires on the north side of the canyon.

 The Grand Canyon offers so many faces!

Up, down, and every place in between, life finds a way !

 There were many points and places to stop and contemplate. 

 The canyon has so many faces. 

 Now that I've seen just a portion of it on high, I really want to be on the floor and gazing upward.

 In the photo below, check out the people off trail (to the left) for a photo opp.