Grand Canyon

This was a part of the trip I was most looking forward to. It was by far the hardest. Rained both evenings. Threat of lighting during the day so the mule ride was canceled. I guess 8(8!) people were struck by lightning last week. Nights were really cd. I regret leaving the sleeping bags behind. Had to buy blankets. Kids wanted to do minimal hiking so...
We visited the gift shops. A lot. We played UNO. We did Mad Libs. One book -twice through. I never knew that the words fart and poop could be nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and verbs. We took naps. We got annoyed with each other. This was baby's first camping trip. He did well, but woke up a lot the first night. There are gigantic ravens in the campground that constantly taunted him.

Tent worked well and we had everything we needed. Kids were helpful with dishes eac night and setup and take-down.

We saw several elk. Oh yeah, we saw the Grand Canyon.