..... This section was the most technically demanding section of the entire time in the Canyon. We climbed a couple of hundred feet, and while it wasn't straight up, it was at quite an angle.

..... The river wound around a couple of corners and we were right over a bluff that was probably two or three hundred feet over the river. We could see across the river to a lowlying area right on the other side of the river that contained a lot of old Anasazi Indian ruins....

...A squirrel chewed through the side of his cup holder, through his food bag, and made a general nuisance of himself. He also worked over a mini attache case thing that Nick had. Nick mentioned drop kicking the squirrel into the river if the opportunity presented itself.....

... I feel like I'm just below the rim. So close that I can almost reach out and touch it. I know that isn't true. I would estimate that a day hiker would be looking at a 3 hour round trip hike to come down to where we are and back up...

.... On day 4 we spent the day staring at a huge rock wall, but from the rim it looks very, very small. The other thing I noticed is how insignificant our trail looks in relation to the whole thing. We covered a fair amount of ground, but the Grand Canyon is simply huge....

... It's always depressing to leave the mountains behind, knowing that you have nothing but relative flatness to look forward to. Guess it's time to start reading a book....