7 Wonders of the World......Grand Canyon...check

JD has a fascination with the seven wonders of the world. In all honesty there's a dozen different list as to what these wonders really are. So, we have compiled the lists to the ones that we want to see. So far we've crossed the Redwood Forest, Igasu(?) Falls in Brazil , and now the grand canyon from our list.

We started the road trip by going through Zion's national park. The kids thought it was a cool place. Carson loved the tunnels that the road goes through. We stayed in Page, AZ as the Glenn Canyon Damn is one of the few places to cross the Colorado River. The next morning we drove to the south rim of the Grandy Canyon.



The grand canyon is an awesome sight. I was amazed at not only the depth of the canyon but the expanse from rim to rim. There are plateau that stand alone in the middle of the canyon a thousand feet below the rim, but still a thousand feet up from the river. A sign told us that a indian tribe lived on one these plateau. It's unfathomable that a person could reach a place like that without a helicopter. I thought that the canyon would be more colorful. We came to learn though, that the canyon changes colors during the day, depending how the sun is hitting the rocks. For the best colors go during sunrise or sunset, not high noon like we did.

I have 4 children and therefore had 4 very different reactions to the canyons. Carson was by far the funniest. For our first sight of the Grand Canyon, JD went to the rim first to video everyone's first reaction. Carson was running down the path, straying off it from time to time, giving me a complete heart attack knowing there was a shear cliff around. But as he came bounding down the the edge of the trail to see the canyon he froze, his eyes bugging out. We tried to get a picture at the edge (which is fenced off to prevent falling) but Carson refused to turn his back to the "big hole" as he came to call it. I picked him up and carried him the rest of the walk looking around. The entire time he had his face buried in my neck chanting over and over, "get me out of here, get me out of here." Once he was safely back in the car, he refused to get out again. Holding on to his car seat buckles when ever we turned off the car.



Easton thought it was cool, but that it only required one glimpse to get the jist and he spent the rest of the time in the car watching his crazy little brother.

Halle liked it but was nervous about the heights and hated the cold breeze that was blowing.

Avery was enamoured with this world wonder. Her and her dad stopped at every turn off to get every vantige point of this masses canyon. She had no fear of the edge and was constantly being told to back up. I could see her in years to come jumping off cliffs with a parachute strapped to her back, she looked like she wished she could fly off the side.

Here are some cell pictures and fuzzy Avery pictures of the Grand Canyon.










After we had our fill of the "big hole," we headed off to Las Vegas. We decided to take Route 66 detour. Carson loves "Cars" the movie and it was fun to show him the sign and there is a town that looks just like Radiator springs.