GRAND CANYON

THE GRAND CANYON

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I saw this little family of deer as I entered the park.

One would never get tired of looking at the Grand Canyon!

Me in the Grand Canyon

As many times as I have visited the Grand Canyon,

I have never hiked down into it. This time, I decided to do it.

I hiked down it! I found out one thing: It is far

easier going down than it is coming up!

This was a tunnel on the way down. It is a loooong way down!

Those specks - those are people!

That's where I was headed!

The pathway is never-ending!

These pictographs (rock paintings) are

on the way down. The park service doesn't

advertise that they are there, because they

don't want graffiti all over them!

These looked like reindeer to me;

but, I think they are elk (of course, I

am not qualified to interpret them!)

This little bird joined me for a picnic

on my hike down the Canyon

NOW. . . this was the very best part of going

down into the Canyon - wild Big Horn Sheep!

I saw several families of them. It is

astonishing to watch how they balance

themselves on the cliffs.

This was a baby.

They can be aggressive animals, but they

did not bother me - nor did I bother them.

They are sometimes on the pathway, but

get out of the way when people come by.

I got a little too close to her, so she walked

towards me - but I just moved away.

This was a mother and baby out on a cliff.

They eat something buried in the rocks.

What a face!

This was some kind of power-struggle

between two of them!

They just seem to hang off the side of the

rock - it's amazing to see how agile they are

The colors change as the sun starts to set

People laughed at me when I bought this

hiking stick. It was the best $12 I ever spent!

It made the hike up so much easier!