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= Alec and Matthew's = = Photo Journal!!! =

The south rim of the Grand Canyon was amazing. It was unbelievable that it looked like a picture. It left you speechless. You can see all the layers on the walls. From brown to red so many colors and layers. It is massive the trail looked so small from above. But, it was very long. What we did there was we hiked a little bit over a mile down the Grand Canyon on South Kaibab Trail. There was so much nature you can see there the temperature was perfect. It wasn’t too hot, but it wasn’t too cold. The Grand Canyon is 277 miles long, and is 18 miles wide, and was formed by the great Colorado River. It is also 1 of the 7 Natural Wonders of the World. The hike and this location were absolutely outstanding. Our thoughts was that it was fun going down, but then when you have to go back up you get the feeling that you are about to die. But at the end it was fun and we had a great time at the Grand Canyon. Until we found out that Alec had a fever and when he got back he had strep throat.
 * __The South Rim Of The Grand Canyon __**

The Colorado River was a very cold, but exciting part of our amazing trip. We first went down to the Glenn Canyon Dam and then loaded onto the rafts. On the rafts, we rode up the Colorado River while learning all about the history and stories behind the walls and river. Many trees grow near the bottom of the canyon because of the canyon’s rich soils and water supply. Millions of years ago, the Grand Canyon was just a large plateau about to be cut into other plateaus by the Colorado River. This river cut through it like a knife, slowly making its way further into the ground. I have never been to the Grand Canyon but when I went, it astounded me with its amazing views, facts, and overall experience.
 * __ River Rafting __**



After the River trip we went to the Wupatki National Monument it was awesome. It was pretty hot we forgot to bring our water bottles so we were dying in the heat but we were able to push through it. It is very orange and you can see the ageing in it. Also, there were volcanoes around it which were really cool. It was amazing, just the thought of a 100 room pueblo isn’t that crazy!? It was home to 85-100 people, and several thousand more lived within a day's walk. It was built on the Colorado Plateau about 100 years ago. There is broken pottery everywhere and molted lava so it looks black around it. What we thought about it was that it is so cool we like the blow hole probably the most it was better than an air conditioner. Also, it is natural and it was unbelievable how much cold air it pushes through it. We had a blast here and we were amazed from the Wupatki National Monument.
 * __Wupatki National Monument __**



Our last stop was Sunset Crater. We don’t have that much to say about sunset crater we were only there for about 15 minutes, because we were running a little late. So, we just got off the bus and looked at it we were pretty close though. You can see all the lava on it and it looked like a smooth black mountain. It was very windy there and was starting to get cold. Alec didn’t get to go see it, because he was very sick so he stayed on the bus. Some facts about Sunset Crater are, about 25% of the magma was erupted as lava flows and 75% of the lava now forms the Bonito Lava Flow. That’s pretty crazy. Also, about 75% of the magma erupted at Sunset Crater erupted explosively as scoria. Also, half of the scoria fell very near its source and built Sunset Crater cinder cone, about half covered the region with ash and other small volcanic particles. Well I (Matthew)(Since Alec wasn’t there) thought that it was awesome, because it was the first volcano that I knew was in Arizona and I got to see it I think that’s awesome. That’s all I can say about this stop since we weren’t there for that long.
 * __Sunset Crater __**