Twisting through the narrow slot, towering sandstone walls, sculpted by water. Colors changing through light and shadow, oranges, yellows, purples and gold. Shafts of light find their way through the narrow cut at mid day.
I’m really too excited to write much because I’m only one month from South Africa. I actually leave one month from yesterday but wouldn’t arrive until a month from tomorrow. Gets a little confusing when traveling across 10 time zones, into the future.
Plans are formulating. I still need another suitcase to replace the one that was burned in the shed. Otherwise, I’d be ready to leave tomorrow. And soon have this for a view.
The Devil’s Corkscrew Bright Angel trail Grand Canyon National Park switchbacks across the Precambrian Vishnu schist. Long ago this trail cost a toll of money as well as body. Would you have paid to hike this?