

Waking up to a chilly morning wasn’t much of a welcome. After a long sleepless night the last thing I felt like doing was crawling out of my warm sleeping bag. After a slow start to my day, I arrived at the rim just in time to see the sun peeking over the horizon. Hurriedly, I set up my camera finding a brilliant rock painted with lichen and drifting pine needles. Then as if the nature was waiting on me, the show began. The morning light caught in the mist causing golden layers of warmth to appear over the canyon below.