The One Great Sight Which Every American Should See

The Grand Canyon. If you've been there, you get it. You know. If you haven't, nothing I can say or write can even come close to describing it. So I won't even try. Pictures do not do it justice. It is, quite simply, the most amazing spectacle I've ever seen. If you haven't witnessed it for yourself, you need to. Jenny and the girls had never been, so cold weather or not, we headed off the one of the 7 Natural Wonders of the World.

The cold weather only put a slight damper on our plans. The already treacherous hike down into the canyon was now covered with snow and ice. We weren't even going to attempt it. They sell a book at all the gift shops titled 'Over the Edge: Death in the Grand Canyon'. It chronicled all the people that have died in the canyon over the years. It was a thick book. We didn't feel like making them update it on account of us. So, instead, we walked around the rim, and took shuttles to several of the best overlooks.

Canyon-schooling

The Grand Canyon is 'only' 6 millions years old, which in relationship to the Earth, is not that old at all. In that time, the Colorado River has carved out layers and layers of sedimentary rock to form the canyon. The layers were formed when the area was covered by ocean water, millions of years earlier. Then tectonic plate upheaval formed mountains, and the river did the rest. To this day, the canyon is ever changing, as the waters continue to carve it deeper and deeper.

"It's tiny." proclaimed Norah. Yes, tiny indeed...