Awesome Adventures! Grand Canyon

This is part two of our Awesome Adventures!

Grand Canyon National Park

We drove from Utah along the east end of the Grand Canyon to the south rim. We hiked the South Kaibab trail down and the Bright Angel trail up. There are a lot of warnings about hiking down and up in one day, but we made sure we were prepared. Plus, we were hiking with four people who have hiked the Canyon multiple times, so we all felt very safe.

It was about 7 miles down on the South Kaibab trail. We started out at 7:40am and were eating lunch at the Phantom Ranch around 12:30. After an hour or so break, we hiked up the Bright Angel trail which is about 9 miles. We made it back to the South Rim at 6pm. We had lots of breaks along the way and took way too many pictures for me to post here!

The group - Kanta, Dom, Terri, Debbie, Rainy, John, Carla, Joe & Trish.

Me at a view point along the trail.

Some friends we met on the way down.

At the Colorado River.

Enjoying a well-earned Grand Canyon beer after our hike!

Sunset over the Canyon.

Watching the sunrise from Cedar Point - about 40 minutes down the South Kaibab trail.

Sunrise

That's such a short overview of our hike. Doing it in one day was just amazing! But, it didn't leave much time to just stop and really enjoy the views and the energy in the Canyon. We did get to do that while watching the sunrise at Cedar Point though. I could've spent the whole day sitting there watching the sun move the shadows around the Canyon walls.

Run hard, be strong, have fun.
Joe