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Andrew Raftovich and Ryan Dycus

Grand canyon view 1. South rim of the grand canyon (hike on south kaibab trail)
 * Grand canyon adventure**

The Grand Canyon is one of the best monuments made by nature on the face of the planet. We took a hike down about 2 or so miles and learned about the history and what the rocks are made of. It was so big that something other would have had to help carve the Canyon walls. It was humongous and I had a great time there just soaking in its nature and its majesty. Here are some facts about the Grand Canyon.

1. The Grand Canyon was discovered by the native americans around 900 years ago.

2. The Canyon is 18 miles wide and as tall as one and a half empire state building put together.

3. It is home to 70 different mammals, 250 species of birds, and 30 species of amphibians and reptiles.

4. The Canyon took three to six million years for it form by the colorado and it is still forming as we speak.

5. The canyon is home to five Native American tribes.

The Hover Dam


 * 2. River trip on the colorado river**


 * on the colorado we were suronded by high rocks and water. We took a 2 hour boat ride from the Hover dam to a stopping point down a couple miles from the starting point. We got to squirt other boats with squirt guns filled with water from my water bottle and river.**
 * Facts:**
 * 1. In 1907 the only way to cross the river was a cable tramway.**
 * 2.The Colorado river covers 244,000 square miles.**
 * 3. 19% of the Colorado is in the Grand Canyon.**
 * 4. The highest flood in the Colrado before the Glen Canyon dam was made was 300,000 CFS.**
 * 5. The largest drop in the Colorado in the Grand Canyon is 30 ft.**

I really liked the colorado and it was really fun.

ancient indian building remains


 * 3. Wupatki national monument**


 * The Indian ruins were my favorite part of the trip. We saw wear they did their daily chores. They had a very similar style of entertainment then the one that is present today, sports and music.**


 * 4. Sun Set crater national monument**


 * The sunset crater is the remains of a old volcano eruption that happened long ago. We took a hike around the volcano and looked at all the rock or harden lava the volcano made. The rocks have a bunch of holes made from air bubbles when the lava was hardening. Their are a bunch of small holes the lava made and super large bubbles also.**
 * Facts:**
 * 1. The eruption was about a 1,000 years ago.**
 * 2. The hole in the hardened lava were created by air bubbles.**
 * 3. John weaslby powell named the place Sunset Crater.**
 * 4. Lava tubes can contain ice in them**
 * 5. indians come to a ice crater under ground to talk to a god.**

It was fun to see all the harden lava and the old volcano.
 * sunset crater volcano**