The Grand Canyon South Rim is amazing. The views are spectacular, the rocks an amazing variety of red and golden colors. It is so hot! The shuttlebuses have no air conditioning, but the drivers are very helpful and often narrate what we are about to see. It's amazing to think that 300 million years ago, most of this was underwater.
As we are walking in to our first viewpoint, we hear a teenage girl talking on her cell phone: "Mom, I'm all alone! IN THE GRAND CANYON! How could you have left me here?!" It's comical in a way, and we're sure she will get picked up soon.
At our second viewpoint, we see a couple sitting on a rock with an open can of tuna fish and a bottle of wine. What a feast at sunset.
Later we encounter a Jewish group from United Synagogue Youth. They are saying the evening prayers. They are from USY on Wheels, a summer program which takes youth from all over the country on tour around the US. They ask if we'd like to join them, but we are about to jump on a bus to our next viewpoint, so we politely decline. I feel honored, though, and of course am excited to see my Landsmen at the Grand Canyon!
We go to Hopi Point, the recommended best viewpoint for sunset. It is a cloudy evening, but the sunset through the clouds is beautiful nonetheless. There is a half rainbow on both sides of the cloud behind which the sun is setting.
As we are going to our car, we are stopped by a young Korean couple. The man is anxious and the woman is sobbing. It is dark, and they can't remember where their car is parked. We finally understand that it is in the same lot that ours is in. We offer to lead them there. She pushes the button on her keyless door opener and the lights flash in their car window. She has been calm, but now she begins to sob again, jumping up and down with joy. Her husband leads her to the car, still sobbing.
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