July 30, 2012
I saw the Grand Canyon for the first time last week. As the plans for my trip came together a few months ago, my expectations for seeing it in person developed gradually over the interim. My expectations became appropriately massive. I came to hope that seeing it in person would fill me with wonder, a sense of my own comparably small humanity, a shiver of awe, a hint of the majestic and overwhelming power of nature, and at least a tiny suggestion of cosmic cohesion, something like a proof of the universal law of causation. I brought all of this with me. The canyon did not disappoint.

I saw the Grand Canyon for the first time last week. As the plans for my trip came together a few months ago, my expectations for seeing it in person developed gradually over the interim. My expectations became appropriately massive. I came to hope that seeing it in person would fill me with wonder, a sense of my own comparably small humanity, a shiver of awe, a hint of the majestic and overwhelming power of nature, and at least a tiny suggestion of cosmic cohesion, something like a proof of the universal law of causation. I brought all of this with me.

The canyon did not disappoint.

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  1. dyfl said: I am totally making plans to actually hike the canyon (like, to the bottom and back) next year. You should come.
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