Grand canyon 2008

Well, this was my first grand canyon trip. Having never been there, but being ever so close last year, I was excited to be going. And we have Justin this year so he added and element of excitemet to our trip. Anyway, I am including the pictures and a cuople of videos that I found fun. Enjoy.

So as this uploads, and it may take a while, I would like to show off this next picture. Sherri and I standing in front of the Angel's Window. This is a hole in the cliff that allows you to see the Colorado River. It is quite a distance away but none the less BEAUTIFUL!

Do you like my new hat? Of course, being as bald, and as dumb, as I am, I never seem to have a hat with me. It was not sunny but I always manage to get a good burn on my head. So my souvenir was a new hat. It is a nice one. Please feel free to let me know what you think.

These are shots of the second part of the canyon we actually vistited. The first was Bright Angel Point. Man, it was a hike to get back up the quarter mile to the lodge. Lot's of other tourists wearing flip flops and other sandals. I was very happy to be in tennis shoes.

Runor has it, that the drop from the cliff I am standing on is 5,000 ft. Nearly 1 mile. So, as daring as I claim to be, I did not go out on the next level down. I was pretty nervous where I was and that should be a good thing considering there is only one way back up...in a pine box! So, I stayed where it was fairly safe. Justin stayed up in the lodge with Grandma and Grandpa Turek. They were not up to the hike.

He is learing lots of new things. He is growing so fast. Rolling over and then getting himself in trouble becasue he gets stuck. Kind of funny really. He is getting an attitude. Knows how to make different screams depending on what he wants. Things like, "I don't want to go to bed", and 'Why isn't anybody sitting here looking at me?' Lot's of things like that. Anyway, I end with a good picture of the family.