Day 3: Did We Lose the Blame Canada War?

We woke up early the next day and drove 2+ hours from Sedona to Cameron for our next stop on the trip. On the way, we went through the Oak Creek Canyon, which was definitely scenic and beautiful. We got to Cameron thinking that the rim to the Grand Canyon was just a few miles away, but once we got there, we found out that we still had 3o plus miles to drive. On the trek from Cameron to the South Rim, we passed the Little Gorge of the Colorado River - the guy gets no respect from anyone since the Grand Canyon is just a few short miles away. We also passed a number of Navajo Indian stands and old movie sets from the Hills Have Eyes 1 and 2 - insert tough in cheek here.

Once we got to the Grand Canyon, our plan was to go on a hike into the Canyono. But after we arrived at East entrance near the South Rim around noon that day, we found out that they didn't advise that anyone hike inside the canyon between the hours of 10:30 and 4 p.m. We found out the next day exactly why they advised that. So instead of hiking into the canyon, we took a leisurely stroll around the Rim Trail of the Canyon. Most of the trail was paved and fairly flat, so it wasn't a big deal.

As it was the first time in my life that we had seen the Grand Caynon up close it definitely was an awe inspiring experience. It's on the Rim trail that we got the two best pictures from our trip. Both the picture found at the top and bottom of the blog were taken on a camera timer that my wife set up. Unfortunately the timer was only 10 seconds long, so my wife had to set the camera and literally run over to set herself up in the shot. I was neurotically worried that she would set up the camera and lose her footing and fling herself into the canyon (secretly because of her embarassment that her husband writes this crappy blog)...Thankfully, without incident, she safely made it into both shots.

One thing that we noted as we were making our way through the Rim Trail was the tremendous amount of foreigners that we heard speaking different languages on the trail. A large majority of them were Canadians speaking French. I felt for a second like we had lost the "Blame Canada" War made famous by South Park's Bigger, Longer and Uncut.

Tune in for tomorrow's harrowing story about our 3-mile journey into Mordor....How did Frodo ever do it??