Bright Angel Trail

I was too tired today to figure out how to put these pictures in order so they have ended up in no order at all. I will do my best to explain where and when they were taken. The picture of Sarah and me at the trail head is actually the "after" picture. It was taken when we reached the top of the South Rim again after hiking all day. The 2nd picture of us at the trail head was taken before the hike. We hike to Indian Gardens, which is half way down into the canyon. It was a 12 mile hike round trip.
This is the lookout point from Plateau Point, where we ate our lunch and then turned around to hike back to the top of the rim.

These two pics were taken at Indian Garden. It is amazing the difference water makes. Everywhere during the hike all we saw were cacti and shrubs. Then suddenly we heard the trickle of water the closer we got to Indian Garden. Once there, we had to walk through reeds, grass and trees. It was absolutely amazing, and the shade was a welcome luxury.

I took this on a water break on the way back up. It made me think of when Moses asked to see God, and God put him in a crevasse of a rock and covered him with his hand as he passed by.


If you look to the bottom right of this picture you can see a little trail on the plateau. That was the trail we hiked after we reached Indian Gardens and went to Plateau Point.
Sarah and her cactus.


A small update on the toes: Even three weeks after this hike, they are still turning deeper shades of purple and black.