Why the Grand Canyon is Such a Wonder
Flying coast-to-coast for several years as the pilot announced we were flying over the Grand Canyon cemented my desire to see it one day. Of all the sights seen from an airplane 30,000 feet up, none appear bigger than this monument of the past. Growing up in a military family, we moved almost every year and dad would always make the effort to draw our attention to roadside attractions, all man-made of course - cheesy larger-than-life statues of dinosaurs and other farm animals, cars buried in the ground vertically