Yesterday we walked to Grandeur point. Haven't been out since they put in the Trail of Time. Every meter is 1,000 years, and every 10,000 years is a marker. Eventually there will be more information on the deep history of the Canyon. It was interesting to walk the Great Uncomformity. Now they need to put in a 6,000 year old history for the creationists right at the end of the trail. World is created, flood cuts the Grand Canyon, rock magically gets too solid to cut anymore, etc.

Went down the South Kaibab today. Lots of rotten kids wrote their names in the Coconino. They were even text messaging one another: "tired yet?" Next rock: "I'm tired". Next Rock "Still tired." Next rock: "Hmmm." and almost every rock on the way down said, "Turn around now.". I wish they had.

On the way out, a British lady asked Brad if he would walk out with her, so we did. Her daughter was heading down (at 11:30 AM: a bit late) and she turned around just before Ooh Ah, because she wanted to be sure she'd get back out. Not a bad decision. Wish more people would think like that. So we chatted and I showed her some of my secret fossils. A lot of flowers out, including some frail stem mariposa, which only bloom after a pretty wet spring. Cheyeva never flowed this year though, so it wasn't that wet.