Day 6: The Grand Canyon
This morning was an early one!! Today, we woke up at 3:30
a.m. to get started hiking. We left the campsite ASAP and ate our delicious
peanut butter bagels and a banana on the way to the trail. As we started to
hike we had to watch out for all of the yummy mule poop, but someone ended up
steeping in it. The first three miles were the steepest and a lot of people
were slipping down the trail. A big, rabid squirrel actually chased Colton! Gladly,
everyone made it out of the canyon alive and perfectly healthy! When the first
group came back to the campsite, they found that the crows had somehow ripped
open Caroline Shoemaker’s Lucky Charms box. The crows ate about half the bag
and Matthew finished the rest.
For the rest of the day everyone chilled and shopped
around at the Gift Shops and ate the famous Deaton Stew for lunch. Cate found a
whole apple in her stew. Other ingredients (that we knew of) were cheese puffs,
dirt (off the ground) mixed in by a golf club, some potato chips, and veggies
to help replenish our bodies form the hike.
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| TWB SINGALONGS!! |
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| Elk so close to our campsite! |
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| Hunter Avery doing his research! |
As we ended today, we felt more like family since all of us
had just successfully completed one of the hardest things ever…together! To top
off the amazing experience of hiking the canyon, the TWB band played some
awesome sing along songs which included Party in the USA, Chicken Fried,
Jumper, and Baby! All in all, our day in the canyon was one to never forget.
JJJJYESSSSSSS!!!!!! (as Ms. V would say!)
