Tag Archives: #Grand Canyon

Return to the Rim

Aggghhh! Time has gotten away from me; between the New Year, graduate school, and work I’ve been swamped. I feel so bad I haven’t posted the last installment of the Grand Canyon adventure! Here is the final part of the story… 6’ish… I wasn’t paying to much attention to time… Cold. Blissful cold. If youContinue reading “Return to the Rim”

Part Three: Interlude at Plateau Point

After descending more than 3,000 feet we arrived at Havasupai Gardens*, our home for the night. We paused to read a wayside sign about the area and the campground. A little orienting and we found our site. Havasupai Gardens; is a beautiful place. A perennial creek flows through the campground; I waded into the waterContinue reading “Part Three: Interlude at Plateau Point”

Part Two: The Descent

5:00 AM. The last time I had gotten out of bed at 5 AM was because I was going to early morning basketball practice. Why was I doing this? Sunrise at the Grand Canyon. I rolled out of bed and showered. We were meeting at six to drive over to the trailhead. I heated upContinue reading “Part Two: The Descent”

Grand Canyon Part 1: Getting Ready

I started writing this while on my early Christmas vacation. It went a little longer than I thought it would so I decided not to overwhelm myself, or more importantly my readers, with a super long chunk of text so I broke it down into four* parts. I will be posting the rest over theContinue reading “Grand Canyon Part 1: Getting Ready”