yes i went to grand canyon

the spring break was but one week, not even enough to rest properly. well, in stead of resting, the long planned spring trip was finally realised. it wasn't exactly the best time to go to the canyons, because of the low temperature and all that precipitation. all that precipitation, namely, rain, hail, snow. we really saw all of them because of the diverse micro-climates in the canyons. the weather and hence the lighting wasn't exactly fantastic for taking pictures, and that's why all the pictures turned out like crap and i became indulged in editting canyon photos into surrealistic pictures with sinister barren trees.

grand canyon was so much of a disappointment, because of the colour. i went there with the impression that grand canyon is all orange and brown, and was totally sad to discover that the the rocks appeared a greenish grayish brown. well, it's been rainy recently, and guess the plants were exhilarated to grow to their fullest potential. not that i didn't want the plants to grow. well i just wanted to see the canyon that i remembered in the picture. i shouldn't have brought anything with me when i go visit something, i know, but well, i can't help it. only during sunset i saw that glorious kind of colour, but was all but too short. apart from that, grand canyon was fine. the mystical view in the morning with fog and streaks of clouds weaving in between the canyons was quite a sight. and of course it is really grand. it was hard to describe the awe that i felt when i looked down on the endless piece of land carved by the forces of nature bigger than anything i have seen. for the grandness alone, the grand canyon is worth visiting.

bryce was a different story. when we drove up the winding roads towards bryce, we already started to see strange land forms and interesting pillars of rocks. (oh, and driving on those freeways was hell...) shortly before reaching bryce, we went past red canyon, with firery red colour rocks and arches across the freeway. and those sure delighted me who was in the search for colours. and it had been snowing. so many parts we went past were covered in thin layer of snow. without us realising it, it snowed through the night, and when we woke up in the morning and looked out from our wooden cottage kind of hotel, everything was white and beautiful. (use your imagination.)

so the snow in the canyon was knee deep, and we had a whole lot of fun rolling down slopes(small ones of course) and stuff. bryce has very nice slopes, some with more exquisite structures, far less boring than the mere wavy lines in grand canyon. and sure the snow helped.

zion. zion is different from both other canyons. it was much warmer when we reached zion, and there wasn't as much snow in zion. instead, it felt more like spring in zion, rainy, crisp air, plants. the virgin river was running with the vibrance of early spring, and many little water falls sing their way down the straight walls of rock. songbirds in conversations. i guess i liked zion for its liveliness. so much life, so much movement in there, even in just early spring. we walked one of the scenic routes at the bottom of the canyon, and enjoyed our encounter with the fressness of this shaded paradise.

sorry for writing this entry that sounds like a big bore to myself. but well, it's like post-trip assignment that we were all used to writing isn't it? hehe.