Sunday Oct 9th 2005

Oct 9, 2005

Goodness-goodness we are in the Grand Canyon and can't wait to take a peak. Drove to a couple of the look out points and then went back to the park market to grab picnic stuff. We decided to just do a wimpy hike today-we're saving up for a big day of hiking tomorrow. We are on a wait list for Phantom Ranch. It's the only place to stay at the bottom of the canyon--Laura really wants to hike to the bottom-spend the night-and hike up the next day. I guess I do too-but I'm just concerned about that damn blister. ok so it's set --today we'll just do the rim hike. I didn't get far on that rim-when I was amazed!!!!! We saw California Condors. I really didn't know much about them but I was soon a big fan. We decided to attend the ranger talk about Condors. Can't believe their wingspan--about 91/2 feet!! There was a time when only 22 existed in the world--now about 250 exist. We saw 4 of them!! Ok-so we went back on our hike--and this is not a difficult hike but I sure ended up complaining. My heel was saying to me "please don't hike me to the bottom of the canyon--I don't want to go to Phanton Ranch". I gave Laura the bad news about not being able to do the P Ranch. We went to a couple different lookout points to view the sunset--gorgeous. After sunset we decided to have a cocktail or two at the Bright Angel Bar--Laura almost ended up with a big ole bruise--caught her looking at some woman. She said she found her attractive--I thought she looked a little wichtie-poo.