One of our super adventures for the Venture Scouts in 2007 is to hike 50 miles in the Grand Canyon from rim to rim to rim. This will be an extremely strenuous hike. I started getting worried that the boys might not be physically ready in time. I decided to have two preparatory hikes before our trip to the Grand Canyon, which would be the last week in March.
Unfortunately, because of Sam's knee operation and his date with Kirsten, he couldn't go on any of the March hikes. The first hike took place on March 10. I had the guys meet at my house at 8 am, and we drove 5 minutes to the trail head. This is the same hike we posted last year where we hiked to the 1950's TWA crash site. The difference is that there was a lot of snow in the narrow canyon. The snow made us lose the trail frequently, but we eventually made it to the wreck site. All of the boys in this picture are going with me to the Grand Canyon!
The snow made the hike more challenging. Notice one of the boys (Sylver Cloud Howard Gonzales) under the waterfall with the snow in the background! This was the perfect preparation for Sylver. He told me that he doesn't get cold because his mom rolled him in the snow when he was a baby!
