Grand Canyon Adventures

What a view!

Of course, we had to show Oma and Opa this natural wonder!

They were pretty excited:

What do you do at the Grand Canyon?

You look and you hike.

So we did lots of looking and even more hiking.

The boys were not happy with just walking along the rim.

They wanted to hike down. A bit.

So off we went:

We actually made it further down than expected

and all the way back up.

Nice job, guys!

Sometimes Noah and oftentimes Max

got a little

hot,

tired,

and grouchy.

So we gave them food.

Provided distractions.

And bribed with ice cream.

Sometimes it worked.

Sometimes it did not.

We did do a few things besides hiking.

The boys are able to find big mud puddles

even in the desert.

Lots of dirt for off-road biking.

Getting creative...

One evening we found a nice spot at the rim

and settled down to watch an amazing sunset.

We shared the view with about 200 other tourists.

Quote of the trip provided by Noah:

"There are too many Germans here."

Thank you, Oma and Opa, for a great trip!