Stop 2, Grand Canyon National Park

We drove 321 miles from Mojave to Grand Canyon, through Needles (yuck). We arrived in the afternoon, got to our camp site, then hopped on a shuttle to go to the rim.

First Look - Wow! Really beautiful. It was a little hazy but still breathtaking. Maia was not impressed, Sofia was impressed for a couple minutes, then they were more interested in a beetle. I would have loved to sit there at the rim and just gaze at it for a while but it's just not possible with the little ones. There is next to nothing to keep them from running right up to the edge and beyond.
On our full day there, we decided to do the "Junior Ranger" program with Sofia, which involved doing some age-appropriate activities and going on a ranger tour - we did the fossil walk.
Here is Sofia with her certificate.
'Smores for everyone of course...

Saw some cool wildlife there - California condors fly right around the rim, lots of ravens, mule deer, Western bluebirds.