Hulle het 80% sneeu voorspel en ons dog toe ons slaap maar laat. Toe ons opstaan is
dit 'n pragtige dag. Ons is toe Canyon toe en het die Rim route gestap. Dit het kort-kort liggies gesneeu oppad, maar dit was pragtig want die son het tog tussen die wolke uitgekom en dit was asemrowend mooi.
Van Wikipedia 'The Grand Canyon (Hopi: Ongtupqa) is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the United States in the state of Arizona. It is largely contained within the Grand Canyon National Park, the 15th national park in the United States. President Theodore Roosevelt was a major proponent of preservation of the Grand Canyon area, and visited it on numerous occasions to hunt and enjoy the scenery. It is considered one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. [1]
The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and attains a depth of over a mile (6,000 feet / 1,800 metres)[2] Nearly two billion years of the Earth's geological history have been exposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut their channels through layer after layer of rock while the Colorado Plateau was uplifted.[3] While the specific geologic processes and timing that formed the Grand Canyon are the subject of debate by geologists,[4] recent evidence suggests the Colorado River established its course through the canyon at least 17 million years ago.[5][6] Since that time, the Colorado River continued to erode and form the canyon to its present-day configuration.[7]
For thousands of years, the area has been continuously inhabited by Native Americans who built settlements within the canyon and its many caves. The Pueblo people considered the Grand Canyon ("Ongtupqa" in Hopi language) a holy site and made pilgrimages to it.[8] The first European known to have viewed the Grand Canyon was García López de Cárdenas from Spain, who arrived in 1540.'
Die nasionale site van die Grand Canyon het ook nog meer interessante inligting.
Het gaan eet die aand by 'n Meksikaanse restaurant en hulle het Lauri bietjie verkeerd opgevryf so hy was bietjie moeilik. Nogtans was die kos heerlik - eerste keer wat ek regte Meksikaans eet en ek hou daarvan.
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| Die kardeur! |
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| Op pad Canyon toe in die park. |
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| Thinus trap diep spore |
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