My Trip to the Grand Canyon by Jan Hackett

Last weekend we took Wyatt and Eli to see the Grand Canyon. This was their first visit and I hope it won't be their last.

I am impressed with the shuttles they now run, it really helps cut down on traffic, fumes, traffic and no worries about finding a parking place. Of course, it helps to remember where you parked your car so you can get off at the right place when you return.

I have been to the canyon (South Rim only) many times and every time it takes my
breath away.

For what it is worth, I'd rather visit the Canyon or Yellowstone or the Redwood Forests of California than go to Disneyland. Not only do you get to be in the most beautiful places created by God, but you meet wonderful and interesting people. You hear people oohing and awing in so many different languages. You see small children watch very large squirrels begging for food and watch them dart around your feet and on the ledge you were just just going to sit down on.

You watch people coming and going. Sometimes you can even take a picture of your family.

You can let your 2 youngest grandsons explore new places and find hidden paths.

Then you can sit on a cool, shady porch and listen to your daughter try to explain to a frustrated 19 year old that it isn't the end of the world that she lost the car. (How did we visit the Grand Canyon 5 yrs ago without the convience of cell phones?)

You can sit in a wonderful restaurant and enjoy a relaxing lunch while you wait for the 19 yr old gd to find the car and bring it to the parking lot you are now at, so that you could have had the picnic lunch you had planned on.

You can ask Eli to smile and get this:

And then you can all be happy when the 19 yr old gd finally brings the car and the picnic lunch to the restaurant parking lot and joins you in the restaurant.

And that's why I'd rather visit the Grand Canyon than go to some other places.

The End.