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= __Megan Cook & Kenna Curtis photo jounal__ =  __Wupatki National Monument__

1. One of the buildings that the Wupatki people built. The Wupatki Monument is ancient building that has survived for many years. Many years ago Indians lived in these houses. They lived as normal people: they played sports, had ceremonies, and lived in these houses. I think they look like hotels but the Wupatki people just liked to live as one big family. When I was out there I got to go in the sports arena and we got to feel the air hole. We didn’t get to climb on them but we could see the technique that the people used. The music arena was located in the middle of the whole thing because everyone around that arena could hear what you were playing. The air hole that the Wupatki found thought that it was Mother Nature breathing. The buildings are very precise I thought that they were built by professionals. Hieroglyphs are common there are there was one it was a snake the geologists think that it is a Wupatki or a cowboy carving. I think that these houses had to take a long time to build considering the fact that they had nothing but their bodies. Also the air hole was really fresh feeling and I have never seen one of those before. What was amazing was the fact that they had doorways and windows, I think that house builder’s base there buildings off these houses.

__Sunset crater National Monument__

1. The volcano and it is black because of the ash. Sunset crater is an active volcano. The land is covered in cinders and the red sand looks like a sunset that is why I think it is called sunset crater. When we were out there we learned about the two types of rock that the volcano produces. We went on a one mile hike, that sounds like a lot but really it wasn’t. We also learn that the volcano has different layers to it like if you ate pudding and spit it out then at some nerds and spit them out to the layer would just pile up. On our mile hike around the volcano and learned that it is a cinder cone volcano and it might be the longest living volcano. About 1,000 years ago this volcano erupted and cleared out everything within 5 miles in every direction. Buried under all the ash is lava and cinders and maybe even so pit houses. But all in all there were not many artifacts or building because of the eruption. Personally I think that the whole tip was great but Sunset Crater was the best. It also had the best weather. The part that I don’t get is that there are live plants in a volcano and the ground is all black but I guess that that just makes it unique. And so of the trees smell like syrup. If you look down you can see that there was big rocks and those rocks are called ‘’ pie ou ou” I think.

__South Rim of the Grand Canyon__



 1. This is a picture of a giant wall of the Grand Canyon.

When we went to the Grand Canyon we walked on a one and half mile hike, it didn’t seem that long but it was very hot. The canyon was very deep and had many color in the layers of rock. From what I can see most of the layers of rocks were flat like a plateau. Witch I didn’t get but later found out because there was a river that flowed many years ago. While we were there we learned that the Grand Canyon is 4,000 feet deep. And we also learned that it is 277 miles long, I’m glad we didn’t have to go that far. On the hike we had a tour guide that told us many facts about the people who used to live here. the ancient Indians who used to live here a long time ago migrated over the year but while they were here they painted pictographs. For us the trip was fun and a great learning experience. Learning about the Indians was our favorite to learn about, and how they migrated through the Grand Canyon. They basically following the animals but they didn’t travel far from the water. And another thing is the view was amazing you felt like you were on top of the world!

__ The River Trip on the Colorado River __

1. The picture of when we were on the river of a water fall The water was a foggy green color and you could only see the bottom in some shallow parts. We saw some green trees but mostly bushes and these baby birds in their nests. It was the best part of the whole trip! When we were on the river we made a pit stop at this island. The fact was it really wasn’t an island it was only the size of a normal pool. The water was freezing and it felt like our toes were going to fall off. I enjoyed it though because that was the only water that we got to go in the whole time! While we had a rest stop by the river and had some nice lemonade, we walked down the trail and our tour guide led us to theses carving in the wall well there was a few and they think that they drew the animals that might have been around the water or around the area at the time. When we went back on the water our tour guide told us how the water erased all the dessert varnish to a certain point because of when Lake Powel was about to flood the opened doors to the dam and let water into the Colorado River with made the water rise which will make the dessert varnish erode away. For us this was the best part of the trip, we actually got to go in the water, our tour guide went supper fast on the boat which made the water rush up and get our whole lower body wet! It kind of sucked because it was cold but it was definitely more fun than anything else on the trip. The view was amazing you were in the bottom of the Colorado River which was deep in the canyon.