the amazing grace

While at the Grand Canyon, we saw so many animals, including elk, bighorn sheep and squirrels.  When we checked into our campground we were warned that ravens could and would steal any food and garbage that we left out, and they would also steal your keys!  All they took from us was a little bit of taco seasoning!  We spent our first day there hiking on the Rim Trail.  This bighorn sheep jumped onto the path in front of us and ran towards us before disappearing back into the canyon!

We were also warned that squirrels, which may look cute and cuddly, will bite you and may carry plague!

The next day, we saw this tarantula crawling along a different section of the Rim Trail.  Mom had a dream that night of a tarantula in her sleeping bag!

The morning we left, we woke up to a bull elk bugling at the top of his lungs!  We were told in Yellowstone that elk like to ram white cars.  Despite ourselves, we ran to the white car when he headed our direction at a trot!  We spied some more female and juvenile elk later on, but only the bull got this close.