Grand Canyon

My family and I travelled all over New Mexico, Arizona, and Colorado (in that order) the summer before last and it was a fantastic trip for several reasons. I'd been to the Grand Canyon when I was smaller but had a hard time remembering it. We decided to go back to take Hallie this time and also to visit the North Rim, which we had heard was awesome too. (And it was!) The Arizona 09 trip also made the Taylor Family "vacation hall of fame/shame". (The trip ended with my dad throwing out his back and us rushing back to Texas right before we were going to take a Jeep up the side of a mountain. We never made it up but had to pay for the jeep rental and an expensive back surgery anyways.)

Anyways, the cool thing about the Grand Canyon is its surreal-ness. It doesn't look real even when you are standing right in front of it. The whole time I was there I felt like I could reach out and touch the screen that must be projecting the picture out front of me. It was so huge and out of this world it had to be an image rather than real. Trying to look at the Canyon and comprehend how massive and intricate it was made me feel sort of like those people in the bible (I'm thinking of Moses, but there had to be more) who tried to look directly at God. They weren't able to comprehend just who He is and how awesome He can be and neither can I! It was an incredible experience and number #6 on my list of awesome life moments. It made me feel so small and insignificant, but in the best and most humbling way. :) Lesson learned... God is definitely GREAT!