Blogs from Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States, North America - page 11

UPDATED: January 3, 2009 I saw a t-shirt that said, "I Love the Grand Canyon" with a hip design that I kind of liked. I decided that I would wait until after we hiked out of the Grand Canyon before I made any purchasing decisions. I wound up buying a shot glass instead If they had a shirt that said, "I might love the Grand Canyon a few years from now when the incredible pain from hiking to the bottom and back out is a distant memory"....I would have bought that one. We were off to a good start heading down the South Kaibab Trail. A couple hours into it I thought to myself, "this is great...I could do this all day!" Our bags were heavy with water. While there are a couple water stations on ... read more

The Grand Canyon is a fair old distance from Vegas so we had to get up at the disgusting time of 5:30am so we could catch our tour bus. Now I'm a pretty level-headed, unprejudiced person that sees the good in most people but our tour guide was the biggest dipsh*t idiot ever. He absolutely loved himself and told us far too much about his personal life and how awesome he thought he was rather than about the Grand Canyon itself. His name is Mark Antony and he should be avoided like the plague. On the plus side we got a good breakfast and packed lunch. I think it may have been down to the fact that it was in a brown paper bag. I think it just tastes better out of one. Same goes for ... read more

It was so good to wake up today and not be hung over. Especially after yesterdays efforts. Hot air ballooning was on this morning with a very early wake up of i think around 4am. I did not do it, Cat did though and really enjoyed it. Some people who were out drinking last night pulled an all righter not sleeping before ballooning. 3 others missed the optional from sleeping in after their night out. That would suck because its an expensive optional to miss. The drive to Grand Canyon was pretty cool. Awesome scenery and cool little towns. Main stop was Sedona. I think almost all of us did the options red rock jeep ride. It was really awesome - totally recommend it. We got taken off road and through the red rocks of Sedona. ... read more