Day 15

Day 15 Today didn’t turn out quite as planned. We all slept in again and had a leisurly breakfast outside at the picnic table. The weather was wonderful and we enjoyed just hanging out. We made our way to the rim of the Grand Canyon around noon to visit the Visitors Center. We noticed a large table set up by Canon. Both our camera and my Dad’s camera are SLR Canons so we decided to visit to see what was up. It turns out that it was a promotional deal by Canon where they offer a free photography class, even loaning cameras and lenses to practice. We spent about an hour and a half with our group leader learning about capabilities of our camera that we didn’t know existed. It was actually vey informative and fun and we learned a ton of information. They actually even email you all of the pictures you took and allow you to print some of the shots you took. They even had a small camera for Grant to use and he actually took some pretty good shots with it. After that we went for a 2 mile hike along the rim of the Canyon. They have a shuttle bus system that will bring you back from the different spots you can hike to. There was of course the typical idiots who were crossing barricades to go out on the very edge of the canyon for that daring picture. The kids were tired at this point and we drove to one of the lodges for them to have ice cream. It wasn’t very good and the kids were acting up so we went back to the campsite early. Amy and I were able to get away for a nice walk while the kids played hide and seek with my parents. A relaxing evening that we needed because we have decided to conduct what we call a long range bombing mission home. That means driving back nonstop. It will save a day before I have to go back to work, but driving that far nonstop with a trailer can be fatiguing.