Adventure in the U.S.

The United States is a country full of compelling locations. The one that interests me most that I have not yet visited is the Grand Canyon. I have seen so many pictures of the huge gorge in the rocks and it has always amazed me that it is in the same country with mountains and prairies and the rural green areas where I live.
The Grand Canyon is in northwestern Arizona and stretches 277 miles. Its width varies throughout from four to eighteen miles in some points. It was carved out by the Colorado River that courses through it, which ironically I have gone rafting in, just not in Arizona or through the Grand Canyon. To me it is so amazing that this huge canyon was carved out by a river and that it hasn’t collapsed. It is so big and deep it’s surprising it hasn’t collapsed.
If I were to go to the Grand Canyon I would have to fly there on an airplane since it is way too far away to drive there. It is about 1,943 miles away from Baltimore. The plane ride would take a little over four hours.
The Grand Canyon is most obviously known for the huge gorge in the rocks carved out by the Colorado River. There is a large park all around it as well though it is desert conditions there. I would need to have a lot of water with me if I were to go there since it is very hot and dry. While I am there I hope I would be able to go to the top and look around at the view while trying not to look down. I would love to go out on the Skywalk. The Skywalk is a glass-bottomed bridge that actually goes out over the edge of the canyon approximately 4,000 feet above the rushing water below. All four of my grandparents have done this and I’ve seen their pictures. It looks really fun even though it is so high up and if you look down it appears that there is nothing below your feet until the ground almost a mile below.
The Grand Canyon has always been a place of high interest to me and I hope that one day I will get the chance to go there.