We flew into Phoenix to meet up with an old college friend Eric and 3 of his other friends from grad school, Jason, Justin, and Ryan. The canyon was beautiful and so lush along the river. It makes you feel so small to look up as you are walking along and see that much cliff. It was by far the most physically demanding thing I've ever done but it was worth it. We felt so proud after hiking 36 miles in 3 days. On Friday we drove from Phoenix to Seligman, stopping in Prescott to do a little boulder climbing. I wasn't so sure about this at first but once you get up there it's really fun to climb over the rocks. I felt like a mountain goat! We had planned on sleeping in the parking
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