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I like listening and playing music. I'm thirteen years old.(I will turn fourteen in February.) My dad is a teacher at CIU (Columbia International University.) and my Mom is a nurse practitioner and works night shifts on the weekend.

Sunday, February 12, 2006

Sunday/ Concluding Section



I'm sorry to say that this is going to be my last journal on the Grand Canyon. The day after sunday I spent the entire day on the plane and there really wasn't anything exciting that happened.

On Sunday morning, I woke up before my dad and made him get up before the sunrise. I knew he wouldn't be ready for another couple of minutes so I decided to bundle up and go outside with the camera before him and take some awesome pictures of our last morning in the Canyon. It was supposed to be cloudy sunday so I didn't expect it to be as amazing but it was still an extremly awesome experience. After I had gotten cold ( which wasn't long after I went out) I decided to go in and check on my dad. He was just about to come out so I didn't have a lot of time to warm up so I just sat down on the heater which needless to say didn't take to long to warm me up so I was ready to go hike when my dad was so after a half hour of hiking the grand morning we decided that we would go get some breakfast and drive along the Hermit's trail and stop and look over the trail which ended up being a good idea because after breakfast we realized that hermit's trail was 8 miles long and we wanted to be able to see the desert in the day time.

I don't think I enjoyed this day as much as the first day to tell the truth because I didn't really want to get back to the rest of the world because I had alot that would be waiting for me when I got back and I didn't want to face it all at the same time so I was worried. Worrying is something that you should never do because it gets absolutly nothing done and makes you not enjoy anything that you are doing so you should especially not do it in the grand canyon because that is where some of the best things in the world are and if you are worried you won't enjoy any of it,

Anyways, let this be a lesson to you teachers. Don't assign alot of work to students when they are going on a trip to an awesome place and don't know it. ( just kidding ).So even though I was worried, I still enjoyed some of it. I mean, I was standing 8,000 feet in the air looking down in to the Colorado river. How could I not enjoy myself? Every minute I forgot more about my worries and was able to enjoy more and more of it. It's really hard for me to describe my days at the Çanyon for you because no matter how I describe it I know that words don't do it justice.

Everything was different farther down the path. The perspectives were changing everything. There were rivers, plants, and calm animals. My dad kept finding new things to take pictures of and kept making me take pictures of him that he thought would look awesome and they did ( I'm going to try and find some.). We drove up and down the trail looking for new pictures and got a lot so if I can find them I'll show you.

Around 2:00 we got into the car for the last time and said good bye to the Canyon. We were off to the desert.

We drove in the desert for hours and couldn't help but marvel at the vastness of the land and the gigantic mountains. We drove til it was dark outside and finally we got to our hotel. We were both tired so we finally got to our room and fell asleep.

That's the end of my awesome trip and journal. Thanks for reading.

6 Comments:

Blogger sunshine said...

Everything really does look different as you travel down the path, Jack. Perspective changes EVERYTHING... and only you can change your perspective. Never forget that.
Thanks for sharing this awesome experience with us.

12:47 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i will always remember your comment: "you should never worry in the grand canyon." that could be a metaphor for life. your paragraph about how worrying robs you of joy should be something we remember every day. janm

2:29 PM  
Anonymous /sp said...

And that was an awesome post with some awesome pictures!

10:06 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

jack,

thanks for sharing your perspective of the trip. you've painted a very poetic picture of how the canyon is constantly changing. now i definitely know i need to make a visit there.

i bet you had a glow on your face when you got back to school that no homework could remove. pretty cool dad you've got there.

-chris margrave

11:38 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Jack - I loved your awesome pictures of the canyon, but they don't do it justice, do they? That is a great trip you will never forget - Don't forget to do something cool like that for your kids when you have them :) Family memories of growing up are the best!!! Love your blog!! Madame Ellis

10:25 AM  
Blogger MawMaw said...

Jack,
I'm so impressed with your Dad, your trip and your family's blogs. Your entries have been great. Our being so far away is difficult. However, the blogs everyday let us "see" your growth and I thank God for what I have seen. Your perspective on things of importance is growing in debth as quickly as your richly deep voice.
I'm glad that "janm" pointed out the metaphor, "you should never worry in the grand canyon." That will always stick with me. I'm sure it will with lots of folks.
We love you. Keep up the good work, Jack.

7:36 AM  

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