Grand Canyon

We spent the night of Aug. 3 in Grand Canyon National Park. Although, we thought we were in Banff, Alberta, minus the mountains. The park has an alpine or mountain feel to it.

The elevation at the southern rim of the Canyon is 7000 feet above sea level. The Colorado river lies 2000 ft below. We arrived the night before at approx: 7:30pm. First impressions? This cannot be real!


This can’t be real! As I approached the ridge and the canyon came into view I thought I was staring at an unbelievably large painting. The jagged red slopes and layers of sediment that are thousands of years old and the vast spaces between them are difficult to do justice to with words. It is the most amazing sight I’ve experience in my life.

We spent the night in a room near the south rim. Sunrise on Aug. 4 was set for 5:33am. We got up at 5:15 am. It was about 5:50am when we reached the canyon. Luckily, there was just a little light to see where the edge lies. It would not take much to fall into the canyon at night. The edge is not fenced in many places.



We sat for about half an hour as sunlight penetrated the overcast sky and slowly gave form to the expanse of the canyon. Minute by minute as the light intensified, colours sharpened and shapes came into focus. Wow man, if I had some BC budd…