Grand Canyon Trip

When Marty was in Junior High, Rod took him on a raft trip to the Grand Canyon that was put on by the Institute of Creation Research. The tour studies the geology of the Grand Canyon area and how it shows evidence for Noah's global flood. Ever since then Rod has planned to take his grandkids on the trip too. Well, since I am not a "week on a river raft" person, we decided to take Alecia and Audrey for the bus trip. Alecia and Audrey flew from Atlanta to LasVegas and Rod and I flew in to LasVegas from Denver. Since we were in the airport, we were able to pick them up at the gate. We started our trip on Friday, April 11 and we went to a lot of different places around the Grand Canyon beginning with the South rim. We returned to Denver on April 20 and the girl went home to Atlanta. Alecia and I took almost 1000 pictures, so it was hard to decide which ones to use. Here are a few that will give you a taste of the beautiful country that we saw. I'm anxious to take the next set of grands.

These pictures are from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon

I even was able to hike a mile down the Bright Angel trail.

Alecia was being creative with her photography and has Desert View in the background.

Audrey is in front of the Meteor Crater that we saw.

The wind was blowing quite a bit on this day. It blew so much that we weren't able to go on the river.

So at Page, Arizonia they took us to the Glen Canyon Dam. This is about the only picture of all four of us together.

Another couple on the trip brought 2 their grandkids along also. Christa and her brother Caleb live in Hawaii. Christa and Audrey spent quite a bit of time together. Of course the girls went swimming at the motel every time they could.

The next pictures are of the Antelope Canyon which is owned and operated by the Navajos. It was awesome. They took us out to the canyon in the back of a pickup.


This is straight up from where we were standing.

This is Bryce Canyon. It was so beautiful and a little chilly. We went on a hike here also. I got plenty of exercise. We needed it after sitting on the bus so much.

Audrey looking out over Bryce Canyon.

Alecia with Bryce Canyon in the background.

We had a great time with the girls. Everyone told us how nice our grands were. I think some of them thought they might like to try it. Guess I need to start saving for Anna & Abby.