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Adventure to the Grand Canyon! By: Justine Steiner & Macy Kurtz

One of the Seven Wonders of the World is the Grand Canyon. Over 5 million people from all over the world visit this wonderful site. From its beautiful colored rocks, to the animals that live there, it’s truly an amazing site to see.

__ Interesting Fact: __ Did you know the Grand Canyon used to be under water? The top layer of the Grand Canyon is made of Limestone. If you look in the Limestone very closely, you may find some sea shells or coral.

The elevation at the top of the Grand Canyon is 7,000 feet high. Every year, 5 to 7 people fall off cliffs the Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon stretches 277 miles long up to 18 miles wide.

We hiked down 1 mile of the Grand Canyon. It was very steep going down, we felt like we were going to fall off because there was no railing on the side to catch us. Even though we were scared of falling, it was shady and nice outside. It was our first time ever visiting the Grand Canyon. We were amazed at how massive the canyon was!



On the way up are legs were tired of walking on the steep trail going down. As the day went on the sun came out and the shade was gone. We were hot and tired and wanted to get the hike over with. We thought that the hike would never end! An hour later we finally got to the top! We were all grouchy and ready for dinner.

Interesting Fact: Did you know that the Grand Canyon has 4 rims? The rims are North, South, East, and West. From the south rim to the north rim it is over 14 miles long.

Colorado River Rafting!

The river ride was amazing! We went on a river raft for about two and one-half hours. It was cold, wet, and a bumpy ride, but very entertaining. While we were rafting the water would splash in our faces and all the girls would scream! As we were rafting it was very peaceful and everyone was getting sleepy, so we the girls, decided to sing. Everyone was having a great time drinking there ice-cold lemonade, except for Justine. Half of our rafting group had to go to the bathroom!

We finally stopped at a rest place where you can get out of the boat and take a bathroom break and look at petro glyphs. Half the people on our raft rushed off to the bathroom!





A petro glyph is an animal or drawing that is chiseled into the rock and has meaning. The Havasupai drawings are about 200 years old. The Ancestral drawings are dated to be about 1,000 years old. The oldest petro glyphs, painted in deep purple, are said to be between 3.5 to 4 thousand years old.

Interesting Fact: Did you know that that Glen Canyon rock walls are 700 feet to over 1400 feet high?



__ Wupatki National Monument __ At 12:00 noon, after we ate lunch we headed off to Wupatki National Monument.

At 2:OO pm. We finally reach Wupatki
====We thought that Wupatki was very amazing, over 900 years old and these artifacts are still standing! ==== ====These are the rules that the tour guide said we needed to fallow: ====

v Stay on the path that your tour guide leads you on
 v Don’t touch or play with the artifacts  v Do not scream or shout  v Respect the culture and people around you

What is Wupatki? You may ask. Well it’s not really a monument; it’s more like a small town. Over 900 years ago the Navajo tribe left be hide their home.



The Navajo tribe lived in these small Pueblos. These Pueblos were very out of the ordinary, because the doors were very small and they had no stairs to get from one level to another. Many archeologists believe that they Navajo people might of used ladders to get to each level.

__ Interesting Fact: __ Archeologists believe that over 200 people lived in these Pueblos. 



__ Sunset Crater __ Sunset Crater is not really a crater; it’s a cinder cone volcano. Sunset Crater is over 1000 feet high. Ash buried 64,000 acres of potential farmland sometime between 1040 and 1100. __Facts about Sunset Crater:__ Ø Elevation of summit: 8,029 ft. Ø Diameter at base: 1 mile Ø Diameter at top: 2,250 ft. Ø Depth: 300 ft. Ø Extruded material: about 1 billion tons Ø Extent of ash fall: about 800sq. miles __ Interesting Fact __ : John Wesley Powell named Sunset Crater 

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