Grand Canyon Day 1

Here are the Grand Canyon pics! This is sunrise on our first day, we had car-camped on the rim the previous night and cooked breakfast and coffee at the trailhead before heading off. Me on the left, friend Brian in the middle and friend Kyle on the right

Kyle likes to eat honey out of the jar when camping. Took a few of these shots

About halfway down. We lost about 4700 feet of elevation the first day

Nearing the Colorado River:

I was so tired at this point of the day. Probably the only time on the trip I didn't feel great:

Messy campsite:

Grand Canyon Day 2

Got a late start on day 2, but had time to take some great photos:

Followed the River for the whole day, this was a nice rest stop before we gained a bunch more elevation and was far above the river:

Looking down on some river rafters. I want to do the canyon by river some time, I'll need three weeks to do it:

Brian dubbed this stretch the "Cliffs Of Insanity" very exposed:

Looking back on the cliffs we just hiked over (on the left):

Grand Canyon Day 3 (rest day)

Today we rested, or called it a "Duff Day" because we got to sit on our duff all day:

This is the water of the Little Colorado River. Very blue because of the Uranium deposits upstream. Much slower and warmer than The Colorado River, made for good swimming:

I took my own picture so I'd actually get to be in one:

We scrambled out to some rock ledges to get a view of rafters going by. Sometimes they stop and give backpackers a beer. None of the ones we saw did.

Brian trying to make a fire:

Kyle's pile of sticks:

Canyon Ninja: