We arrived at the Grand Canyon today at about 1:00. The only event on the drive was stopping in Flagstaff to have a picnic and we attempted to find a park and wound up driving around NAU campus. Not very fun with a huge RV towing behind and small roads and bikes everywhere…it was not fun and Tim was a little crabby over that one. So, we ended up skipping the picnic and just had lunch when we got to the campsite. We stayed at Mather Campground in site 64 and it was great! We spend the next hour unloading and setting up camp. Then Noah and I took off on our bikes to explore the bike trail and get our bearings. Right away we saw a heard of elk in the forest. We took a long ride and then went back to camp and reported what we found to the rest of the family. We decided to take the shuttle over to the visitor's center and go straight to seeing the canyon. So we got on the shuttle and stopped at the visitor's center and got the kids Jr. Ranger books. Then we went to the rim and saw the canyon. How beautiful it is! This was Leah's first time seeing it and she thought it was amazing! Right away we saw a condor down in the canyon which was so great! The sun was starting to set so we hopped back on the shuttle and went back to camp. We had dinner, worked on Jr. Ranger books, and then started the campfire. We had smores and had fun telling stories around the campfire. It was a great first day!
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