Skylars Cinderella costume that Mommom got for her in Florida.
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Friday, April 23, 2004
The Grand Canyon Trek (Part 4)
I decided to hike an additional 4 miles roundtrip to Phantom Ranch to mail some postcards.
Nick went with me to make sure I wouldn't get lost.
On our last day Nick woke us up at 5:00 AM in order to get an early start for the 4.5 mile hike to the South Rim with full backpacks. We got started about 7:30 after eating breakfast and packing everything up. We made it to the rim at about 12:30 PM after a strenuous hike.
This was a truly great adventure.
Gunter and I spent two additional days at the South Rim. We did two rim hikes and attended several ranger presentations.
On the way back to Phoenix we stopped at Sedona for a day and did a hike in the Verde Valley. We also visited the Tuzigoot National Monument.
Thursday, April 22, 2004
The Grand Canyon Trek (Part 3)
The goal for the first day was to hike down the Bright Angle Trail to Indian Gardens. The distance for this part of the hike is 4.5 miles with an elevation change from 7200 ft. to about 4000 ft.
After reaching Indian Gardens and resting for a while we setup the campsite and pitched the tents. The plan for late afternoon was to hike, without backpacks, to Plateau Point for a great view of the sunset and to eat dinner. The roundtrip distance for this portion of the hike was 3 miles.
The next day, Tuesday, most of the group hiked to the Colorado River a round trip distance of 6 miles with an elevation change of about 1800 ft.
Wednesday, April 21, 2004
The Grand Canyon Trek (Part 2)
Wupatki - Indian ruins built on the desert.
We finally got to the Grand Canyon via the East Entrance at about 4:00 PM (Picture 6).
We stopped at the Dessert View viewing area and got our first look at the Grand Canyon. We also walked a few hundred feet down the Bright Angel Trail to get a feel for what we were in for.
The next day Monday April 19th Nick, the guide we hired, picked us up at our motel at 6:30 AM and took us into the park for the start of our adventure. Nick works for Sky Island Treks, the company that made all the arrangements for our trek and they did an excellent job. We ate breakfast, packed up our gear and headed for the Bright Angel Trail Head for the start of the trek, at about 9:00 AM.
Tuesday, April 20, 2004
The Grand Canyon Trek (Part 1)
Joe Cohen and Gunter Ludwig started there Grand Canyon Adventure on Saturday April 17,2004.
We flew from Philadelphia to Phoenix, stayed overnight in Phoenix, and the next day we drove to the Grand Canyon. On the way we stopped at four National Monuments and did a little sightseeing.
Montezuma Castle - Early Indian ruins, built on the side of the hills, where Indians lived from about 1100 AD to 1500 AD.
Walnut Canyon - We took a short hike and got a close look at early Indian ruins.
Sunset Crater - Nice view of large cinder fields from early lava flows. We got a nice view of Mt. Humphries when we climbed up to Lenox Crater.
Sunday, September 7, 2003
Day 5 Sioux Falls, SD to Rapid City, SD (1850 miles)
We drove thru the Badlands on our way to Rapid City and we crossed over the Missouri River.
Saturday, September 6, 2003
Day 4 Cedar Rapids, IA to Sioux Falls, SD (1480 miles)
We drove to Sioux Falls, SD from Cedar Rapids, IA through the southern part of Minnesota.
Friday, September 5, 2003
Day 3 Danville, Il to Cedar Rapids, IA (1157 miles)
Crossed the Mississippi River at Rock Island, IL today. We entered Iowa on our way to Cedar Rapids.
Thursday, September 4, 2003
Day 2 Wheeling, WV to Danville, IL (800 miles)
Pleasant ride lots of corn fields, good roads. No sightseeing yet.
Wednesday, September 3, 2003
Day 1 Mays Landing, NJ to Wheeling, WV (400 miles)
Today we drove through the hills of the northern part of Maryland. The roads were good and the scenery was very picturesque, a very pleasant ride.
Tuesday, September 2, 2003
Joe and Diane's "See The USA Trip"
The start date for the trip is September, 03 2003. We will be traveling by auto (Jeep Grand Cherokee) from Mays Landing , NJ to California and back. The estimate trip time is 6 to 8 weeks. We will be taking a northern route on the way to California and a southern route on the way back. The plan is to log daily trip information, with pictures, on this web site.
In order to make the trip a little easier I bought a Global Positioning System (GPS). This unit should make trip routing and destination finding a little bit easier. The GPS is a Garmin Street Pilot III Deluxe. I will generate a report after the trip is over to let everyone know how the unit performed and my view of its usefulness.
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