Grand Canyon 2017

We are reserved, locked, and loaded to hike the Grand Canyon with Nana and Grandpa in October of 2017!  We will be hiking rim to rim, which is a bit different than when my mom and I hiked it when I was in college.  She and I hiked down the south rim, camped at the bottom along the Colorado River for one night, and then hiked out a different trail on the same side of the canyon.
Next year we plan to take a shuttle to the north rim, hike down that side, stay at the bottom for two nights (giving us a full day to explore and rest) and then hike out the south rim.

We took a training hike and these boys were so super cute.  They each had their packs (Dane's complete with his stopwatch around his neck) packed with supplies: water bottles, snacks, etc.

It went well!  We all had fun.  

.......Then the next weekend Luke broke his leg!  No kidding.  He was coaching Will's football team and they were warming up and running plays.  Luke planted his foot and turned, heard a snap, and it progressively got worse over the next couple of days to the point where he couldn't walk on it or bend it much at all.  Went to the Dr. who thought it was his ACL (as did I) but we were surprised to learn that he fractured the top of his tibia.  He wasn't supposed to put any weight on it for a couple of weeks (although he did) -he used his crutches mostly and was cleared JUST IN TIME to go on his annual bird hunting trip to South Dakota (where he is now) hiking about 10 miles per day.  He's hurting, but nursing it with Advil and whiskey.  haha!