GRAND CANYON WALKING CHALLENGE 2009
THE CHALLENGE - Raise a minimum of €4,800 for the National Breast Cancer Research Institute and walk a total of 70km during our eleven day trip. Our walks took in four National Parks, Zion, Bryce, Monumental Valley and Grand Canyon as we traveled through the South Western United States. Walkers finished off the trip with two days of leisure in Las Vegas!
DAY 1 -Arrival In Las Vegas
 All our walkers arrived safe and sound in Las Vegas after a very long day travelling. The first group travelled through New York while the second went via Philadelphia. After a quick head count it was off to the Flamingo Hotel and a short night on the town in Vegas as tomorrow we take the five hour bus trip to Zion National Park.
DAY 2 - Zion National Park
Up bright and early we all got on the bus for the long journey to Zion National Park and checked into our hotel The Majestic View Lodge .
DAY 3 - Zion National Park
Pictures cannot capture the beauty of the canyons of Zion, it has to be experienced. Sculpted from raw rock by the Virgin River. Zion is revered as a spiritual place but it’s truly heaven on earth for those looking for outdoor adventure. Our walk in Zion took us to Sinawava, The Weeping Rock and The Grotto.
Photo: This years walking team at Zion National Park
Photo: Monica Gallagher,Noreen Joyce, Nora O'Brien,Yvonne Keaney and Mags.
Photo: Ashley Keegan
Photo: Walkers
Photo: Seamus Lyons,Dave O'Shea and Andrew Grimes
DAY 4 - Bryce National Park
Another early start, we stared our walk at Sunset Point out through Bryce Canyon to the village of Tropic.
Photo: Gillian Power and Diane Collins
Photo: Walking Team
Photo: Kelly Keville
Photo: Some of our walkers on the Navajo Trail.
DAY 5 - Rest Day At Page
Today was our first chance to take in the many attraction this part of America has to offer.
Float Trip - Colorado River
Photo: Bernie O'Brien, Leanne O'Hagan and Damien Jermyn
Some Took The Locals On At Golf
This was to be our rest day but Grace had other ideas - Of being a country star that is!
Halloween in 'Page' Arizona
DAY 6 - Monument Valley
For todays walk we travelled to the location of many a good John Ford Western ‘Monument Valley’ where we walked the Wild Cat Trail before touring the Navajo Indian back country.
Photo: Walkers in Monument Valley
Photo: Dave O'Shea & Joe Duffy
Photo: 'The Wild Cat Trail' at Monument Valley.
Photo: 'The Wild Cat Trail' at Monument Valley.
DAY 7- The Grand Canyon
Our first walk at South Rim of the Grand Canyon.
Photo: Blahnaid Wiseman, Grace Lee and Maura Flannery
NEXT YEARS WALK WILL TAKE PLACE IN THAILAND.
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