After Moab we headed down to Colorado and Mesa Verde National Park, site of ancient indian cities, and entertaining park rangers. We took a tour through the city which was built right into the rock, then Marsh had a go at making fire, and succeeded! After that we made our way, via Navajo Monument National Park to the Grand Canyon - the highlight of our trip so far. We had intended to stay for a couple of days but ended up deciding to go on the waiting list for a back country permit, this meant we could camp down in the canyon overnight. Over a couple of mornings we waited at the office and met Nick, a local Arizonian who told us all about the canyon, as he'd been down every trail it has. We also
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