day 4: the biggest damn hole on the face of the earth

we found some internet access, and we are bursting at the seams to tell you about the grandest of canyons, the grand canyon.

before we got to the grand canyon, we stopped off at the hoover dam. it's dam big.


look how happy we were to get here!

you'd never know that while we took this picture, the car keys were locked in the car. the car was running. that little mishap delayed our arrival into the park by about half an hour. it also cost us $55.00. it could have been a lot worse. at least no one broke into it. yet.

once we were in the park, we made our way to the rim. this is what we saw.
spectacular!

soon enough we found some areas on the rim where we could hike quietly, and take long contemplative rests at over looks with views like this.....

truly spectacular! after staring down into the canyon, we found ourselves very antsy to hike into it. the canyon beckoned to us, and on day 5 we would heed its call.