We made it to the Grand Canyon! Although our guidebook called it a simple "crack in an otherwise flat landscape" (when comparing it to Canyonlands), it is, in fact, quite beautiful. True, it does not have the three-tiered perspective of Canyonlands, nor is it mostly devoid of people, giving us the deceptive notion that we are the only humans coming to visit the spectacular views that the rivers created. The Grand Canyon, rather, is a an immense landscape that cannot be measured by a camera or explored by an one individual. Most of its 'best' attributes are inaccessble to ordinary people and that which is, has large crowds. But this only adds to the larger than life feeling that the Grand Canyon holds and the awe that is felt by most who come to see it. Needless to say we are enjoying our time here despite the fact that it is our 6th national park! From the pictures you can see just what is occupying our time. The picture of sunset over the Grand Canyon was taken yesterday after a horribly droning talk by a ranger called 'love and death' --clearly we had no idea what we were getting into and would have regretted it completely except for the beautiful view of the sunset that directly followed. The picture of mom shows her bravely conquering her fear of heights and enjoying each lookout as much as possible even though she sees danger everywhere. Finally, the last picture shows the unfortunate location of much of our morning...the Grand Canyon Clinic. The swelling that occurred in my bottom left gum around the hole left by the wisdom tooth that was taken out last month, did not go away. So we visited the clinic where, surprisingly, we had an amazing nurse practitioner help us and attempt to convince my oral surgeon back in MA that I didn't need to rush to Flagstaff and find another oral surgeon to drain whatever is in there. So, all in all, we came out thinking we were quite lucky with just a bottle of penicillin to show for it and my still slightly lopsided face.