The Grand Canyon Trip

The Hoover Dam
Views of Grand Canyon


On Tuesday we took the coach trip to the Grand Canyon, although scheduled for 11 hours it actually took 17 hours for the whole journey, a very long day, but well worth it to see such a wonderful thing.

It really takes your breath away when you first see it, and these photos were taken from the very edge, looking over the Canyon.

We were 6500 feet above sea level, so the air was thinner than we are used to, and the Canyon is 18 miles across and 5000 feet deep, it is also over 200 miles long. There was just a very narrow wall about 2.5 ft tall keeping people back.

Unfortunately, just before we arrived, a young 4 year old girl had her hat blow off and she turned round and chased it, and went over the edge. Sadly they could not save her. It was so sad that such a beautiful place could have such tragic happenings, it certainly puts things in perspective.

We took loads of photos of the Grand Canyon for future viewing on our return.

On Wednesday we returned to LA, had a quiet day Thursday walking round the shops and going to the Mall in the evening.