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** 1. Grand Canyon Hike ** ** We took a hike on the Bright Angel Trail. We were 7,000 feet up from the very bottom of the canyon. Each year they have at least 100 inches of snow. It is usually cooler that it is hot. 5 million people visit there each year. People can take a hike all the way to the bottom and it takes roughly 24 hours to get all the way down. It is a monument that you can see from outer space. The Grand Canyon is one of the Seven Wonders of the World. There is Limestone located all around the park. The Grand Canyon used to be a shallow sea. The canyon is still eroding today like; wind erosion and water erosion. The canyon is 5.7 million years old. In addition 5 to 7 people fall every year. While we took our hike we learned all this information, we walked the Bright Angel Trail, and then we took a hike half way down into the canyon. We have never seen the Grand Canyon before and it was a beautiful sight to see. You can learn a lot of interesting facts about it too. **


 * This is a picture of the Grand Canyon from the Bright Angel Trail. **

** 2. The Colorado River Ride ** ** We took a raft ride down the Colorado River. We first started in Lake Powell, which was named by the founder, John Wesley Powell. He was travelling down the whole Colorado River in Glen Canyon without knowing how long it would take or knowing the dangers of the rapids ahead. He had 11 men on this expedition with him, only 6 survived. Three of the men left only two days before the expedition ended and were later killed by Indians. We later stopped on a beach that was close to a wall of pictographs. They were some of the only pictographs left in Glen Canyon. They were carved in the side of one of the rocks there. The river ride was a fun and great experience. ** ** This is the Colorado River Ride, and this was when we are about half way through the ride. **

** 3. Tour of Wupatki ** ** We learned a lot from the past Indians that lived in Wupatki. They had made so many interesting buildings. We learned about the ball court, where they played many sports, but the one they played the most was a game that is very similar to the game of basketball. We also learned about the keva where they would have many meetings. If you we 50 feet away from the keva you could still hear what the people were talking about. It is an old Indian Village. All the houses that were built there were all made up of bricks and stones. They are still growing plants that Indians used to plant when they lived there before. The Wupatki National Monument was a great site to see. **

** This is a window of one of the houses that the Indians built. **

** 4. Sunset Crater ** ** At sunset crater we learned a bunch of facts about the volcano. Sunset crater was a large area filled by volcanoes, volcanic rocks, and cinders. The big rocks were called lava bombs. If you rub the rocks you will get cuts on your hands and your hands would bleed terribly. When we arrived we had a talk about the different kinds of lavas, and volcanoes. Then we walked along a path to Sunset Crater. Then we arrived at sunset crater and learned about it. The two types of lava that make up the landscape are, a ’a and pahoho. A ‘a is smooth like a babies butt, while pahoehoe is rough and jagged almost like a cactus. The most common type of volcano is a cinder cone. This is where the whole volcano cinders. Cinders are small grain sized volcanic rocks almost exactly like sand. Back in the 30’s they wanted to blow up sunset crater for a movie. If it was blown up it might not have been here today. Sunset Crater was a great site to see and learn about. ** ** This is Sunset Crater from the very bottom. ** ** ﻿ **