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Grand Canyon Pt. 3

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Remember last year when I said I was going to make my bud run the Grand Canyon next time? Well, I did it. Here he is all sweaty after running back up. New year, new attempt at the Bright Angel Trail. Pokin and Wing didn’t do the whole hike last year, so they went back to try again.

The morning started bright and early. We were taking the shuttle over and because Pokin was worried about having enough time to do the hike, she made them take the first shuttle out. It meant they started the hike when it was still dark.

It being dark apparently didn’t prevent all the runners from booking it as soon as we got off the shuttle. I was trying to be considering and so I was with Pokin as I watched all the lights blink and rapidly disappear down the canyon.

I could see my bud was feeling jealous and feeling impatient. But we all stuck together at first.

Soon the sun came out, and it appears like it’ll be an overcast cloudy day! Lucky for Pokin, as it’d be otherwise a scorcher of a day.

What started out as relief of the cool day turned into worry as it looked like it was going to start to pour. I wasn’t feeling thrilled.

My bud though – he got the opportunity to run! Wing and his friend weren’t feeling great from the hike (because they started injured) so my bud ended up running up Grand Canyon – first back to the hotel to drop off his bags to come back and assist.

In the end we all made it up, and I managed to stay dry, so everyone was happy. Grand Canyon 2023 edition was a success!

Grand Canyon Pt. 2

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It’s been a while since I last visited the Grand Canyon, and one thing I was upset about last time was that I didn’t get to go down. Sure, it’s pretty up top, but who wants to see the canyons without actually going into them. This time would be different. Although Pokin is still recovering and can’t hike, I’m forcing my bud to gear up and go all the way down. PoOn had the idea of doing this hike called Bright Angel Trail, which involves hiking 9.9 miles and  descending 4380 feet. Sounds good.

Eric and Po On joined him, and we all had lemonaide at Phantom Ranch at the bottom of the canyon. Nice work. Now it’s time to haul it back up.

Overall I like the Grand Canyon, it’s nice, but definitely better when you do the whole trip. It did take a long time though, next time I’ll make my bud run it. Pokin met us up for part of it, thinking it would be a shorter trek. Little did she know she was just making herself suffer by going down the steep switchbacks to immediately come back up. Sucker!

Onwards to the Grand Canyon

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Goodbye Page, Arizona!  We turned our car westward and southwards and headed towards the Grand Canyon.

Originally we had planned to camp overnight at the Grand Canyon, but 22oF / -5oC forecasts and our recent cold experience at White Sands made us rethink that idea pretty quickly.

Both Pokin and Nick had been to the Grand Canyon and both of them were underwhelmed during their last experience.  But since I’d never been, they took me just so I could see it with my own eyes even if we weren’t going to camp.  We got in from the east entrance and drove westward along the Grand Canyon park road.

Sumi Bear at Grand Canyon-1

I liked it.  I could see myself soaring over those canyons.

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We started at Dessert View, which was actually the nicest since you could see the river.  We then stopped at various other points that we could drive to along the way.

Sumi Bear at Grand Canyon-2

By the time we got to the main Mather Point viewpoint I was already more interested in the wildlife and how they just didn’t give a hoot about the tourists gathered around.

Sumi Bear at Grand Canyon-3

Well I’m glad we got  a taste of it.  We could have taken the mandatory shuttle bus to see the rest of the viewpoints, but Nicholas had the idea of going straight to Vegas instead.  Vegas yeah!  Let’s go!