What to say about the Grand Canyon. We arrived in the evening which was pretty cool because we got to see the sunset. We got to the gate at 7 pm and it was not stationed anymore so we saved us 25 $ entry fee. But there is a reason that it is not stationed so late anymore. There are no camoping spots available by that time and you are not allowed to sleep in your car or just camp next to the road. So we had to find a different solution!
Looking for a place to stay in the dark was not easy. Grand Canyon Village is a small city at the Grand Canyon with its own college and even student apartments. We thought we should check it out and maybe try to crash there. So we went into one of those apartments and met 2 guys and 2 girls who first offered us pizza and the opportunity to sleep there. But we should first talk it over with the manager. The manager was not reachable so we decided to park our car next to the apartment and just sleep in it. No police car comes by this area so we were safe to stay there. The next morning we woke up really early and got a shower. We were planning to hike a lot that day, maybe down the canyon and up again. We had a really good breakfast just at the rim of the canyon. We learned a few thing about the formation of the Grand Canyon and informed ourselves were to hike.
We decided to hike down the path which was 1500 feet deep (600 something meter). The plan said it takes 4-6 hours. We hiked down and up in 2 1/2 hours. Our uphill walk just took us 1 hour so we were faster upwards than downwards. The reason i'm writing this is not to brag but to show to Richard Koder how much we improved and how ready we are for the next hike with him! ;)
Afterwards...
We wanted to hit the showers but as soon as I entered it I regocnized that i forgot my towel in the car. So I went back to the car got my towel and suddenly froze. I heared a weird sound just next to me. I turned around and saw an enormous elk. It was just standing next to me and was about to attack the Silver Surfer. Well, at least it seemed to me like that :D
Maybe he was just there to smell Freddy's clothes that were hanging aroung in front of the car...
Maybe he was just there to smell Freddy's clothes that were hanging aroung in front of the car...