Back in the beginning of May, Chase's school took a field trip to the Grand Canyon. This is something that the 4th grade teachers have been doing for 17 years now, and these kids have been looking forward to this since kindergarten. Chase's teacher is retiring this year, (she's the one that kindof got the whole thing running) so I hope they continue. Tanner's already talking about when it's his turn. I got the opportunity to go with him, which was cool. I don't get to spend a lot of one on one time with my kids these days.
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| Chase and his Best Friend Andrew |
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| Wild West Show, complete with a Horse Thief, A Card Game, and A Murder |
We rode a Charter Bus up there. All the kids were raving about how it had a bathroom and a TV!! It was pure luxury to these kids:) We rode that up to Williams, AZ to the Grand Canyon Railway. That's where we saw the Wild West Show and then boarded the train. It was about a 2 1/2 train ride to the South rim of the Grand Canyon. When we got there we had 3 hours to do what ever we wanted. I thought we'd team up with some of Chase's friends, but he really wanted to go hiking so we set off on our own. We took quite a hike, going down was not so bad, but coming out was killer. I couldn't believe the view. And I found myself wondering why I had not been here before? I've lived in AZ for 12 years now. It is truly one of the 7 wonders of the world.
On the train ride back, we got "robbed!" The teachers had passed out $1 bills to all the kids to give to the robbers. It was all in good fun, and the robbers on our train car made out with a good $100. I think I'm in the wrong profession!
It was a ton of fun, but a very long day. We left the school at about 5:30 am and got back at about 9:30 pm. I'd do it again in a heart beat though.
2 comments:
I did the train ride a few years ago with my Grandma. My pics are very similar to yours. -JODI
It looks like it was a lot of fun.
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