Grand Canyon

My dear planned to camp at grand canyon rim, base and the mid.. well me not so keen but i dun mind.. coz we never camp on our own.. anyways we reached the campsite really late.. so my dear had to use the car headlight to pitch tent.. it was freezing cold.. our neighbours had bright lights and fire.. we only had a tiny lamp.. well since there wasn't much to do.. we quickly hid into our sleeping bag and had an early nite.. but we din sleep well.. every movement brought the cold air into the sleeping bag.. and i cuddled deeper and deeper into the bag.. finally sunrise and it was -5 deg.. near me were alot of tiny ice (shape like "1") on the tent.. so cute.. dear said they were my saliva and i wondered (?!?!?!).. anyways gotta quickly wash up (gosh the water was soooo cold until my hands and face were numb.. so end up chop2 rinse and go.. argh cannot take it) and pack up (my dear did it alone :P.. aiya coz my brain got freezed.. so whatever i do i need additional 3 mins.. stone like mad) to queue for the back country permits.. so excited..



Yippie we got the permits.. .. embarked on our adventure down to the corolado river (south kaibab trail).. look how gorgeous the rim looked.. actually the trek down was quite siong.. finally reached the bright angel campground after 5 hrs.. super doper tired.. my dear even worst.. he was carrying tent, 2 therma mats, stove and gas, 2 sleeping bags, 2 fleeces, 2 jackets (we took them out along the way coz it was so warm), etc.. see how much he pampered me.. i was only carrying food/water and small items.. compared to his.. chicken feet.. *sayang*



"Special" frens who came to visit us at the base campsite.. sooo cute rite.. the best night for both of us .. not too cold and very peaceful.. but we woke up feeling all the muscle aches :((



We started our trek back via bright angel trail after breakfast.. more siong than trekking down.. my backpack was heavier.. coz poor dear had too many to carry so i "insisted" to share load.. well just take it as a "jian fei" session lor :P.. we found a trek down to the river.. so close that i can touch and feel the water running thru my fingers (it was cold).. admired the surroundings and roars of the river.. it is this river that created the canyon.. so amazing rite..



Our trek up wasn't very easy with all the muscle aches and load.. look at the trail.. zip zap up the hill.. i always get very motivated when i can feel that i'm losing weight.. keke.. so i climbed faster and faster.. leaving my dear behind :P.. finally we reached the last camp ground (indian garden).. deers were roaming close to us.. wind was strong.. after pitching the tent and some unpacking.. i dragged my poor dear to trek to plateu point (see below for the view looking down).. seems like it was going to rain and sun was setting.. so we hurried back.. the worst nite (ya worst than our first freezing nite).. the wind was howling whole nite.. so noisy that i couldn't sleep well.. worried about the tent will "fly" away.. the tree beside will collapse.. lucky my dear put rocks and the tent was still up and firm when we woke up..



Wanted to woke up early to see sunrise.. first day of 2006 in grand canyon.. keke.. end up we saw the sun shine on the canyon only.. silly me to think that we will see the sun rise.. "we are inside the canyon! how to see sunrise!" my dear "grumbled".. keke..

Last day in canyon.. was feeling really sad to leave this wonderful and amazing place and go back to civilisation.. bye bye grand canyon.. *sob*