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**__ ﻿About the Grand Canyon __**
The Grand Canyon is one the seven wonders of the world. It took 3 to 6 million years to form, and it is speculated by scientest, that is used to be under the ocean. Many belive the Grand Canyon used to be under water, because of the sandstone found there. Many Indians lived in the Grand Canyon, but the main ones that lived there was the Pueblo Indians. The Colorado River eroded much of the canyon. The Grand Canyon was first officially discovered by the Spaniards. They were looking for the city of gold and were attacking Native American's tribes to figure out whre it was hidden. But one Native American tribe knew what the Spaniards were doing and pointing them to the Grand Canyon so that they will leave them alone. John Wesely Powell was the one who went on an expedition down the Colorado River and mapped out the Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon is around 18 miles long, and can be seen from space with the naked eye. The canyon is also a habitat to many wild animals like the California Condor and Mules.

__**The Grand Canyon Hike**__
The Grand Canyon trail that we hiked on, used to be an animal trail and the same trail that the pueblo indians used to get to the lower parts of the canyon. We hiked about three fourths of a mile down the canyon. Our Tour Guide showed us a acronym called D.U.D.E. D epostion- Mateiral that has been eroded away, is added to land masses. U plift- When two tectonic plates push together to form a moutain D owncutting- The process of widening a river by eroding more land away. E rosion- The Proess of wheathering and transport of material to a diffrent location.

The Grand Canyon had a majestic view and it rightly deserves the title one of the seven wonders of this world. I have already seen the Grand Canyon, but everytime I come again to vist, it still amazes me. Though I really enjoyed the view, i found it extremely hard to write notes while walking down the canyon. I think I almost fell down three times. So maye next time we can hike and talk and take notes afterwards.

(The trail is alot farther than in the picture)

**__ ABOUT THE GLEN CANYON RIVER __** The Glen Canyon river was basically a river in between two 100 foot canyons. The Dam once got flooded in 1983, and the flood almost reached Phoenix. Indians also used to live around this area, because we saw Indians drawing near the solar powered bathrooms. The River could be very shallow, or it could reach down to around 80 feet below. The Glen Canyon was man made, and used to have Plesiosaur dinosaurs in the river. That explains why many fossils of them are found in the river and alongside the canyon. An interesting fact about the Glen Canyon, is that they have enough concrete to pave a road from Phoenix to Chicago.

 **__ Glen Canyon Boat Ride __** Today we got to go on a boat ride down the glen canyon. The water was calm, and we had a smooth ride across the river. Our tour guide told us several facts about the canyon and the river. There was this one guy who was standing on the edge of the canyon to look at the view, and the rocks broke off underneath him. They literally had to go get his body pieces because he just exploded on impact. Another one is the biggest water fall is about the size of a shower head .After she told us those stories, we stopped for a bathroom break, and looked at some Native American Drawings. I guessing the drawing were of goats and people because it was really hard to tell what something is, if they drew it like a stick figure. I thought that the Boat Ride was amazing, although the scenery looked the same for about the whole 3 hours. I disliked when we went on turbo and everything got splashed, including my note book. D: **__Wapituki__** **__ ﻿ __** Today we also went to wapituki. Wapituki is an old Native American village near Flagstaff AZ. A mix of cultures lived at the village. It was beleved that it was a center for trade **__ ﻿ __** in Arizona. It was one of the biggest villages because houses were so far spread out. There was also something called a blowhole that was a cave that when there is low air presure it sucks and when its high it blows. It was beleved they left because they thought that they were geting to far away from their gods.

 **__Sunset Crater __**Sunset crater is a volcano just next to Flagstaff. It is a mile wide on the inside. It’s cool because you can see all the Lava Flow. (That is cooled now) When the lava was cooling it made a little cave. The Natives from the San Francisco Mountains (In AZ) say there wind god lives there. There are also trees growing in the metamorphic rocks. (Picture got corupted)