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Elyse & Kendall 1. South Rim of the Grand Canyon

Description: The South Rim of the Grand Canyon is where the hiking trail is located. You can see all of the layers of the Grand Canyon from there and the river. Another famous thing at the south rim is the Battleship which is a large red rock.

At the South Rim we took a three mile hike down the canyon.

Facts: - The Grand Canyon was formed from the Colorado River. - Some places can be a mile deep. - Made from red limestone. - They made a dam to control the water. - Noticeable from space

It was amazingly beautiful and huge.



2. River Trip on the Colorado River

Description: When we first started it was very cold but later it warmed up. The river was a temperature of 47 degrees Fahrenheit. The Grand Canyon layers were very noticeable and there were many different features in the canyon like natural amphitheaters.

 We started our trip at the Glen Canyon Dam. We headed up the river the river to Lee’s Ferry. We rode in a boat most the time but we took a stop in-between where we looked at some lithographs and had fun on the beach.

Facts: - <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">The river is 1,450 miles long. <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">- <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">The river was first rode in the 1869 Powel Expedition. <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">- <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">Many different people have lived there. <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">- <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">Water contains good fish. <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">- <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">Different lithographs are carved into the canyon walls. <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">- <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">Waterfalls flow into the river.

<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">I thought it was the most fun part of the trip and that it was very pretty.







<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">3. Wupatki National Monument:

<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">Description: This is a monument of old Indian ruins. It shows a house that they built for around a hundred people. Around the house there is a bunch of community activities. They had built two arenas and found multiple different places were hole blew cooled air.

<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">What we did: At Wupatki National Monument we walked around and through the house that the Indians once lived in. We also got to go into both of the arenas and feel the cooled air going from the different holes in the ground.

<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">Facts: <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;"> * This monument is the tallest/ largest pueblo that is still around today. <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;"> * People lived in and out of this house for around 10,000 years. <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">* They used this place mostly as a home but also as a meeting place for many different kinds of cultures. <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">* Most of the pueblos population came from people that lost their homes due to the explosion of sunset crater.

<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">This was very cool to see where and how people lived a very long time ago.

<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">4. Sunset Crater

<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">Description: The sunset crater is a previously blown volcano. All around the volcano on the floor it is covered in ash and burnt lava. It was created a national monument by Herbert Hoover.

<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">What we did: We didn’t have enough time to do the hike that we were planning on. Instead we just barely walked in and looked around.

<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">Facts: <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;"> *It surrounds the Coconino forest <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;"> *After the explosion the land became nonfarm able <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;"> *More the 200,000 people visit every year. <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;"> *It is a thousand cinder cone volcano.

<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">I thought the seeing a volcano was very cool. It would have been nicer to be able to go on the hike.