After dropping off my girlfriends, I picked up my husband at the airport in Las Vegas which is the beginning of our "Hiking Utah's Mighty 5 trip. (Actually, my dates for this trip will be off since I am posting long after the actual trip. Life gets busy sometimes even with the best of intentions.) Hiking Utah's Mighty 5 is actually a 14 day trip through all 5 parks, along with Hoover Dam (yes, I am married to a Civil Engineer so this was a must), and a couple of days at the south rim of the Grand Canyon.
Hoover Dam is an amazing structure and how it benefits communities far and wide is inspiring, along with the Pat Tillman Bridge, the longest span steel concrete composite bridge in the US. Next we headed to the southern rim of the Grand Canyon. As we descended into the Grand Canyon we were aware of the slower pace required for all of the switchbacks (good excuse for photo opps). By the time we hit the trail many hikers were already coming out of the canyon looking exhausted due to due the elevation and the oppressive heat. Little did we know many had spent the night and were hiking back out which is one way to see both the north and south rims. We may have to sign up (at least a year in advance) to do this on another trip.
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| Hoover Dam |
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| Along the trail by the south rim of the Grand Canyon |
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| Our early morning at the south rim. |
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| We had company along the south rim trail. |
The next morning (May 25) to got to the park to watch the sunrise over the canyon. What a sight to see, and we were definitely not alone at 5:00 am. Later we hiked to Ooh Aah Point along the Kaibab Trail. We needed much more time here. Another day, another time.
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