Thursday July 1st, 2004

Today we hiked part of the Bright Angel trail (the one that goes all the way to the bottom of the canyon. We hiked 1 1/2 miles down to the first rest stop in 100 degree heat. It took us a hour and a half to get to the bottom. The park ranger at the rest station told us to expect to double our time going up--not on our watch. Greg, Nathan, and I hiked back up the 1 1/2 miles to the top in...get this, UNDER a hour. It took the others around 2 hours to get back to the top. After the hike, we finished our south rim bus tour and headed to the hotel. Ok...it's like 1:00 a.m. EST time...and a dog is barking down the hall, and I'm typing in the dark. I don't think I'll be uploading pics tonight, and might not have internet access tommorrow night in LA.