Day 3

Ok guys so we are here in the Grand Canyon, but its a little balmy at 24 degrees Celsius. It's February 27th and our day had an early, but great start. Up at 5am we had to skip our continental breakfast and hitch a ride from the helpful folk at Double Eagle Airport to our planes for a planned departure of 7am. With full oil, plenty of fuel, clear skies and minimal winds we had both planes off the ground by 715am and en route for the Grand Canyon!



The flight went well and was fairly uneventful. With some minor flight plan confusion and a quick fuel pit stop for the Piper Warrior we were finally at GCN, the GRAND CANYON! We arrived with empty stomachs and hit the buffet at our hotel for a hearty lunch. With full bellies and time to kill we took off to the Grand Canyon National Park for some trecking. Following one of the trail heads we hiked about 2000ft into the canyon and spent some time messing around the cliffs, throwing rocks, and making our Prov Trip insignia on the mountain...unfortunatly our 1 american companion missed the spelling unit in primary school and results in Prov 0P, rather than Prov 09. Oh Mike.

With all our gear (no food, no water, and street shoes) we had to abort our mission to the bottom and head back up to the rim of the canyon. Finally we reached the top, exausted but satisfied we hunkered down and watched the sunset. We are back at the hotel now, satisfied with our hotel dinner these Canadian (with an exeption) pilots are hitting the sack with tired legs and our sites set on Palm Springs for tomorrow morning. The plan is to be gone by 930am and simply take a rest day in Palm while we wait to see whether the weather will permit us to continue flying West or if we might be grounded. We are thankful for all your prayers and you can see how tomorrow goes by tuning in around the same time tomorrow!










The four fly boys.