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| Monument Valley from the Car |
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| Katie's self portraits |
I hate to generalize a whole state, but Arizona, you were the ugliest state in our adventure! Without the Grand Canyon I'm not sure what you have to offer. Anyways we entered the Grand Canyon from the East Gate for the dessert views from the Watchman Tower
After setting up camp we headed down to the rim for some sunset views of the Canyon. Dan and Katie went ahead of me to make the sunset on time and when I was almost to the rim I walked up on a huge elk. I was about 8 feet from her. It was shocking. I could hear the elk calls but didn't know what animal was making them. Dan and Katie came back to see them and we saw the sunset.
The next morning we went on a Junior Ranger hike about photography for Katie. Katie learned lots of great tips and took some cute pictures on the hike.
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| A picture of Daddy using the one third rule |
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| new perspective rule |
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| make it fun |
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| okay I got one of her too |
After the hike, Katie had completed all of the activities required to become a Junior Ranger at Grand Canyon! She said her pledge and got a certificate and a badge. She loves the rangers.
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| A Jr. Ranger at her 3rd park |
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| Katie and her badge |
Once the hike was over we decided to hike some more along the rim on the Trail of Time. It had great views even though I was getting really hungry and hot. Do pregnant women not get these urges?
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| That is Dan and Katie on the right side of the picture on the white rocks |
We ended our hike with a fabulous lunch at one of the nice hotels and Katie went to a story time with another ranger.
That evening we went to the IMAX movie about the Grand Canyon. It was awesome. Katie never sits through movies and she had her eyes wide the entire time and was so excited! A great end to an awesome vacation!
What a great end to an awesome adventure
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