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Tuesday 7th July
Yesterday morning we got up at 4am for sunrise. We drove over to the view point at the visitor centre to watch sunrise but when we got there we seen the other tour group which has Rich, Susan, Tom and Veronica from my last trip on it so I was that excited to see them that I didn't see much of the sunrise. We then split up into groups and went to do our own hiking. I went with Clair so we got on the blue bus which takes us to the Angel Trail and the Rim Trail. We were planning on doing the angel trail but we took a wrong turning and ended up doing the Rim trail. After a few hours we turned around and walked back and we bumped into Jenni, Luke, Bang and Gi from our trip and they were looking for the same trail as we were so we went on with them. The one we did was the Mile and a half rest house on the angel trail, it was all going down so we were dreading the walk back up. When I got to the bottom the other tour group was down there and they were planning on going a bit further than the mile and a half so I went down with them. Had a lovely morning meeting people on their tour group and catching up with them all. We finished the hike at about 10:30am and chilled at the top for a while before getting the shuttle bus to the visitor centre. We went in and did some shopping and then their group all left apart from me and Susan, we stayed and had a little heart to heart moment. Susan is like a big sister to me now after the 3 weeks we were together so I miss her lots. The others from my new tour that we hiked with all walked past and were getting the shuttle back to camp so I came back with them. We chilled out for a while and then Emily took Anthony, Scott and I to the helicopter ride. When we got there we were told that Tom and Rich were on our chopper which was really cool. We had an awesome pilot, he was good fun and the trip really was the trip of a life time. I absolutely loved it! Anyone who goes to the Grand Canyon has to do the helicopter, it's the highlight of my trip so far without a doubt! Amazing views from up there. We went back to camp after it and cooked dinner - sausages in a roll with fried onions and mushrooms then mashed tatties. After dinner me and Emily went over to the camp store which was like a massive gift shop, it was pretty cool! We then went back to camp and chilled out by the fire for the rest of the night. This has been one of the best days of this trip so far between seeing the others again, doing an awesome hike, going on the chopper trip and then chilling with the new group at night it really was all amazing!
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