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** South Rim of the Grand Canyon (Hike on South Kaibab Trail) ** The Grand Canyon is one of the seven wonders of the world. It has a depth of over a mile. It is fourteen miles across. The Grand Canyon is the second most visited National Park. It became a National Park in 1919. It is 5-7 million years old. Less than 1% of people that visit the Grand Canyon go below the rim. We went about a little more than 1/4 of a mile down into the canyon. It was very hot and water seemed really good after the hike.
 * Grand Canyon Trip 2011 **  By: Blake Reaves & Michael Ketcham


 * This is a view from the top of the Grand Canyon. **


 * River Trip on the Colorado River **

The Colorado River is about 1,450 miles long. The first person to travel the whole Colorado River was John Wesley Powell. The Glen Canyon Dam is 710 feet tall. The river flows through Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, California, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. We wore safety hats under the bridge for safety. We rode on a raft for a while which was very fun. We even saw a boat that sunk. It was fun when we stopped at the little beach.


 * This is a picture of the Colorado River from our raft. **

The Wupatki National Park is home to some of the most unique Indian ruins, it also has an insane phenomenal feature called the "blowhole", which blows and sucks air from under and on top of the earth. It is located in Flagstaff, Arizona. There is great black soil there. We got to look at the ballcourt there also. We saw the whole park and walked all the way around it. It was cool to see what the Indians lived with.
 * Wupatki National Monument **

 **This is a picture of a building at Wupatki. **

** Sunset ** **Crater National Monument ** Sunset Crater was formed by a huge volcano explosion. It was a cinder cone volcano. There is hardened lava all over the place. The last eruption was about 1080-1100 AD. It is 1,000 feet tall. We got to go inside of a cave at Sunset Crater. The top was blown off. We got to walk all the way around it. It was cool to see a real volcano.


 * This is a picture from the bottom of Sunset Crater. **


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