Back from the Canyon

Good Evening all: We are back from the train trip to the Canyon. We had a really nice time. We sat in the Observation car on the way to the GrandCanyon. It was a little bit disappointing as all we saw were trees, When we got to the Canyon, we decided that we were going to do a cache at Powell Point. It was a 1.35 mile walk. We could have taken a bus but we decided to walk instead. It was alright except xome of it was up hill. The altitude was about 7000 miles above sea level. We got to the cache and took the shuttle bus back to Grand Canyon Village. It felt good to walk and exercise our lungs. We went to the hotel across from the Train Depot for lunch. On the way back from the canyon we sat in the luxury car. We met some really nice people from California. The Yankee game was going on and Don could not get cell phone signal so I callled Flo in Florida for updates from my NET10 phone. The Yankees lost 5-4 but that is okay. In this car you got champagne as you were heading back for Williams. It was a really cool way to spend my birthday. There was another gentleman on the train whose birthday it was also. I had a few champagnes as well as a specialty drink that our car attendant made up. All and all I had a really nice birthday. We will go to the cafe for dinner in a little while about 7 p.m. Pacific.