The Grand Canyon

On December the 10th we set out to explore the amazing Grand Canyon.

If you have not gone, you need to go to see this place. It is unbelievable. Just looking at it, it is hard to imagine that it was created by nature.

For those of you who don't know, the Grand Canyon is a huge canyon that was made by the Colorado River over thousands and millions of years. As the snow would melt from the tops of the Colorado Rocky Mountains it would flow down into the Colorado River. The river then winds its way all the way down to the ocean. But along the way, it made it's own path. Over the years, the river would wear away the soil it was traveling over and wash it away creating a canyon.

Words cannot do it justice. And neither can the pictures that we took. Let me share the best ones with you. But you have to see this place for yourself.

There are many ways to see it. You can either stay at the rim and stop along the marked scenic outlooks, you can take a plane or helicopter tour, or you can hike or ride down into the canyon itself.

We only had one day so we decided to take the helicopter tour and stop at some of the lookout points.

Here some our the pictures we took from the helicopter. The picture at the top was taken by us as well.


This is the Colorado River: the culprit behind creating the Canyon.

This is a picture with another Helicopter in the distance. It gives a little perspective about how big the canyon really is.

This is my wife Hina and I taking a tourist photo in front of the helicopter.This picture above is one of me at one of the scenic viewpoints at the rim of the Canyon. Being in a helicopter gives you a bird's eye view but you do not appreciate how large the canyon is until you see it upclose and personal.Do you see the people on the left in the above picture? It's amazing how tiny we are compared to nature.Oops, I forgot to smile in this one :)