Le Grand Canyon

Ay! what to say??? the grand canyon! breathtaking, I don't think there is a better word to describe it. I spent a day and a half there and it felt like a week! not in a bad way though, just that it is such a peaceful place. No wonder artists and writers find inspiration in the western part of the country, anyone looking for an answer, will find it here. My dad planned a surprise helicopter ride for us! he kept telling us that we were going to ride the mules down to the canyon and that we got to pick the size of the mule we wanted, the bigger ones were of course more expensive. And then he drove to the airport and IT WAS AWESOME! Like i said I erased the pictures we took in the helicopter of each other with our headphones on but I still have some of the gorgeous scenery. I got to sit right up front next to the capitan, which was a girl! she was really nice, we had a whole conversation about Lola and how she had just gotten a camera like mine and was learning to use it. At first I was kind of nervous because I do have this thing about heights, I'm scared! and I had windows all around me, even down to my feet, it was just glass, but it was so beautiful to watch that I forgot about it and it truly was an unforgettable experience.
We went into the park and walked around, shopped a little and ate there too, and this group of Chinese children were wearing red hats and they all gathered in a group and sang to the Grand Canyon and it was sooo beautiful, there is really no way to explain it, but I was in tears, they were seriously the best chorus I've ever heard. We asked them what their song was about and they said it was about eternal beauty. I think it was one of the best parts of my trip, listening to them sing. That day was a little cloudy but it was still hot outside and as we had dinner, out of the nowhere, it just started to hail, but seriously hail, the pavement suddenly turned white and this lasted for like 10 min. afterwards the sun came out again. It reminded me of when I was little and lived in Mexico and I loved it when it hailed because as soon as it stopped my sister and I would get out little plastic buckets (the ones you take to the beach and make sand castles with) and we would gather the little hail balls and it was our attempt to fill up the buckets as fast as possible so we could play with the ice, but of course by the time we did, the ice would turn into water.
The morning after we got up really early at 5 am and we watched the sunrise over the Grand Canyon, it was so relaxing, so peaceful and so strenghtening, I did a sun salutation and felt such a wonderful energy, I was happy the rest of the day!