Day 15 Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona

At the start of our hike, our camp is actually to the left of the ridge behind me

Quarter of the way down.

It was before 10 am that we were heading down the trial to enter into the expanses of the Grand Canyon. We packed up our tents and minimally packed our backpacks the night before for our decent into the canyon. While trying to keep a good quick pace while taking pictures and soaking up the landscape we made it half way down within an hour or so. There everyone that descended into the canyon met up and every gathered their energy. Half of the group of more experienced hikers gathered our bags and continued our further hike towards our camp. We stopped to have lunch overlooking the Colorado River. Well within the first section of the canyon but still with the lower portion far below our lunch spot, a lot of us wanted to make our way down to the river. The area we were told to hike though did not allow access to the river though. We hiked another hour to our camp and dropped our bags off to explore around. We found little pools of water that were still flowing so our evenings consisted of soaking in the cool pools and venturing around the area. Night fell fast within the canyon and we all ate our pre-made dinners and laid down for bed. With all of us lying on the ground with nothing but the stars overheads we all talked about past experiences and the events of the day. Slowly the conversations dwindled and sleep fell over the group.

Colorado River and the reason we could not get down to it.

The freshwater pools

Things to Note:

• When you hike to the bottom of the Grand Canyon, bring plenty of water and iodine tablets just incase you need to find extra water to drink.
• Bring a sleeping bag down with you. I failed to do so and I paid with a sleepless shivering cold night.
• If you have the energy explore the area.