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Leg 4 - Grand Canyon
The canyon is some 277 miles in length and runs generally east-west across Northern Arizona to the California and Nevada state lines. The Colorado river tamed by Hoover dam at the downstream end and Glen Canyon dam upstream which controls the amount of ersoion and silt washing downstream to Hoover dam. We challenged the kids and ourselves to write a few words about the Grand Canyon. Here is what they came up with. These are done in the style of Cinquain (one of the activities in the Junior Ranger booklet).
Meteor Crater
On the way to Meteor Crater, we happened upon an old Route 66 classic - Twin Arrows. It was closed and rather run down, a testiment to the past and to the general reliabiity of modern automobiles. Deer FarmThe Grand Canyon Deer Farm on I-40 between Williams and Flagstaff
was Grand CanyonWe arrived at the Grand Canyon on Friday just before sunset. We stopped at the vista in time to see this beautiful sunset painting the rocks. Our camera were woefully inadequate to take in the beauty of it all so you'll just have to go see it yourself or rent a video.
The park has a 25 MPH limit near the rim.
We stayed in the Yavapai Lodge which is out in the woods rather than On The Rim. The cinderblock construction and furnishings was a bit like a Motel 6.
We closed our trip to the Grand Canyon with lunch at the El Tovar - the first hotel built on the rim. The fare was excellent and the service first class all the way. If you want to stay in this hotel, you probably need to book it 6 to 12 months in advance.
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What
can one say about the Grand Canyon other than WOW! I can only imagine
the reactions of the pioneers crossing the county in their wagons
and horseback when they encountered this canyon. 
This
was one of our finds on this trip. We had not planned on visiting
Meteor Crater, but we found out this was the giant crater (nearly
a mile across) that was 
featured
in the movie Starman. 
another
pleasant find and welcome break from all the driving. The kids were
most entertained by feeding the deer and amused by the deer trying
to eat my shoelaces. They also racked up stacks of points that day.
Mom got 100 points for being the first to notice the buffalo grazing
quietly in its pen.
Go
early to the visitor center to get your Junior Ranger booklet
and Discovery Kit (backpack, field book, compass etc). These
are available only about 4 days a week incuding Thursday and
Sunday but not Friday and Saturday.
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