Day 10: Mighty Grand Canyon

We made it to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon today. Thirty years after coming to this country I finally saw the mighty Grand Canyon! It is enormous, vast, and spectacular. It is also a photographer's paradise. I took hundreds of pictures, using this opportunity to try out new settings on my camera and learn more about photography.  I walked a tremendous amount to get my pictures, but soon had to slow down as I could feel the effects of the high altitude. We were at 7000 feet above sea level and Cliff and I quickly noticed that a) we are no longer young and b) we are out of shape. But before we could dwell too much on the realization that we are getting old, the spectacular scenery captured our attention as we stood in awe of the mighty Grand Canyon.
Tomorrow we will visit a slot canyon; not the famous Upper or Lower Antelope Canyon, but the less known Canyon X. Our tickets for the Lower Antelope Canyon were cancelled due to flash flooding and no tickets were available to replace them. We only found tickets for Canyon X. The name definitely sounds a bit mysterious and science fiction-like and we are having a lot of fun imagining what might await us.

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