Big.

The grand canyon is big.  And wide.  Really wide.

And contrary to what I thought there isn’t much around it.

Here are some facts:

An average of 1 person per day is rescued from the grand canyon.

The grand canyon is almost 300 miles long

It is a 6 mile hike from the rim of the canyon to the river.  You cannot hike down and back in one day.

We took 45 minutes to hike 1.5 miles into the canyon and 90 minutes to hike back.

We drank over a gallon of water hiking said three mile stint.

Any trail you take is enhanced by the smell of mule.

Hiking three miles on the kaibab trail completely wore me out.

-Ryan