Ok, let me say this now and get it done with. And if I mention it again, well, it won't be the first time I've repeated myself, will it? Campfire coffee is the absolute best! Ok, so it's on a Coleman stove, but it's a fire and it's in our camp. Even if we weren't crawling out of the tent frozen stiff it would still be good! Well we had picked out from our handout what trail we were going to start with. Drove to parking lot 1, got out and were about to look ...

Made it to the Grand Canyon today! And covered some real nice territory along the way. I am just so impressed with New Mexico. The area before big sky had black clumps all over of what looked like charred, burnt rocks-- big ones. Jeff said they could be piles of dinosaur poop. Knowing nothing of geology puts me at a complete loss for an explanation. All I can do is be overwhelmed by the magnificence. We cross into Arizona and I'm shouting, "I want my New M...