Day 3 - Grand Canyon

Our morning was amazing.  We drove to the Grand Canyon Airport for our helicopter ride.  We saw spectacular views of the canyon from high above.  We even dropped below the canyon rim for a different viewpoint.  Our trip was 50 minutes long, which allowed us to see the North and South Rims.  Words can’t describe what we saw.  Parts of the ride were definitely turbulent, but all in all, uneventful.

We returned to the Grand Canyon for lunch and to hike part of the Bright Angel trail.  We descended approximately 1000ft on our mile hike.  The trail was 4-5 ft wide, which definitely made Erin nervous at some parts.  Erin spent most of the day telling Jason “don’t go out there” or “don’t do that.”

We decided to find a different spot for the sunset.  We drove east towards Desert View and found a somewhat secluded area to watch the sunset.  It provided a much different view of the Canyon at sunset, which was again spectacular.

We have a fairly busy agenda tomorrow.  We might try and go see a sunrise at the Canyon…depending if Erin wants to get up at 5am (sunrise is at 5:30).  We will then head to Sedona and spend most of the day there hiking, before heading to Prescott for the night.