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Las Vegas / Flagstaff / Sedona / Winslow / Grand Canyon, Christmas 2000

Wow, what a crappy map!  If you squint you can see the South Kaibab Trail that we took to get from the South Rim down to the Phantom Ranch (not labeled but located at the "CBG").  After spending two nights we got up early and sped up the Bright Angel Trail in 5 hours.

Casey plays on the way down the Grand Canyon, wheelbarrow courtesy of the park trail workers.  This is just an amazing photo, hey, we haven't eaten our sandwiches yet!

Emily crossing one of the suspension bridges at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.

“Hey, you takin’ a picture or something of that thar bridge?”

I give the bottom of the Grand Canyon a big thumbs up!

Emily feeds most of her Phantom Ranch supplied sack lunch to a mule.  Mmmhhh! Raisins.  Food served at the Ranch is only good if compared to a backpackers freeze dried meal.

Our campsite and tent, in which we froze for the two nights that we stayed down here.  Specifically for this trip, I bought a sleeping bag (REI +20 Polar Pod) that mated to my sleeping bag.  This technique proved quite unsuccessful and we reverted to individual bags in the wee hours of the morning.

Meanwhile, back at the Bat Cave, I mean the Phantom Ranch, this little guy had a birthday surprise.

Emily with 2 miles to go to the top on the Bright Angel Trail.  On the way down we took the South Kaibab Trail.

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