Part 3!!!!!
Grand Canyon was a really cool camp ground. We set the tents up in a little circle and had a private long-drop! Lucky us eh? This was our last night in our tent (Billy)… except we ended up sleeping out under the stars cause they were just so twinkly and beautiful. But I’m getting a little ahead of myself. First off, on the way we made up some paper-bag masks so that we would be blindfolded from the view up until the last minute. Adam saw this as another opportunity to wear his creepy tranny mask whose eyes and mouth he covered with the electrical tape. Don’t worry, I’ve thrown it out now. As we piled out of the van the walk to the edge was really an exercise in trust as Monica led us in single-file past the confused public to a view point. It was really worth it though. I’ve never seen anything so incredibly vast. It was breath-taking. Well I thought so… then Adam exclaimed “well its not what I imagined”. He still to this day believes that tv ruined this moment for him. That sunset we watched over the Canyon before heading back to make dinner. Where team B (that’s us plus Rohan and Mark) kicked culinary butt with our shepherds pie, cauliflower cheese, green-beans, sweetcorn and peas. The fire that night was HUGE and toasty and we settled down to sleep under the stars to the sound of near-by Coyotes. We were up at the crack of dawn to see sunrise (much the same as sunset but in reverse) and do a hike down the canyon…then back up again. Check out the pics.
Zion
Our last night out camping, our last national park and our last hike was today at Zion. I’d never thought about seeing Zion so I didn’t know what to expect. Although the name should have given it away I think that everyone was completely unprepared for how incredible this place was. It was named by the Mormons who tried to settle there because of its intense natural beauty but they had to move out because of problems with river flooding. Anyhoo, it was made into a national park and I vote it up there next to Yellowstone… or pretty damn close. It has the deep red rock of “The Great Staircase” but has all this lush green vegetation aswell. Check out the photos, I just can’t do it justice. That night we didn’t bother with the tents and pretty much the whole group slept out under the stars. It was the best nights sleep I’d had, really warm in my sleeping bag but with a cool breeze on my face. It was the perfect way to end the last 4 or 5 weeks of camping. The hike that we did here was called Angels Landing. It was my favourite one of the whole trip because it was pretty short with amazing views at the top and a good bit of steep incline rock scrambling for excitement/adrenaline or whatever. This bit was sooo much fun, it was really narrow and some bright spark had to put the cables… when there was any… on the inside rather that the outside. This meant that at times we were scrambling along a 12” ledge with a drop half way down the mountain. Anyhoo, it only took about 4 hrs so we were done before the hottest part of the day and still pretty full of energy for the night in Vegas...
next installment coming soon!
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