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Friday, February 25, 2005
Grand Canyon
Don't feel envious when you look at this amazing panorma - (reminds me of – Neighbors Envy, Owners Pride: Onida).
Apart from the ooh's & aah's after looking at the spectacular Grand Canyon, I only managed to take a few snaps before I got back to my senses and realized that there were people all around me.
The ravishing wildness of the Canyon, and the sight of a small river trail among the rocks and the fault line, were getting more and more hold upon me, until my friend said we need to move on.
There was a small path for trekkers, but alas, we didn't plan for it and might try it some other time. But I didn't miss the opportunity to tease, swear and yell at my poor friend for not helping us make this trip a wonderful trek and citing it as a hike that could be life-threatening. Though I was never much of a long-distance hiker from what I heard there is a temperature difference of about 40 degrees at the top & bottom of the trail and perhaps it is the altitude or that gasping at the spectacular views that causes a loss of oxygen to the brain. Not to mention that he was the one who managed to loop me into this trip, as I was the one who against the whole idea of making a trip. But I shall ever be so grateful to him for showing me what I called "just another rocky valley" that turned out to be so wondrously set or framed that no words could begin to intimate its beauty.
Now I am almost sure that Grand Canyon is as rich in modest loveliness as in spectacular grandeur and better than any other valley that I have seen around. Further I am ready to claim that there are countless beauties which I might see coming to light in my future visits that I shall make. Give me the opportunity and I will cheerfully risk all danger of disillusion and start trekking those well-trodden paths and rejoice the beauty without any 'loss of the thrill' due to the earlier visits.
*phew* did I get carried away?!.