As you may remember from our recent episode “The Mysteries of The Grand Canyon” Micaela has always felt a special draw to this natural wonder. She’s visited the canyon no less than 4 times! Here are some pics of her adventures.
This was Micaela’s second trip to the Grand Canyon (her first trip was as a kid with her parents but the photos have been lost). This second trip was a road trip with her friends from Connecticut to California, but they had to stop at the Grand Canyon along the way.
Micaela and her friends climbed all over the rocks because they look cool, only to find that there were posted warnings about scorpions that lurk in the crevices.
Here’s a photo of Scientist Sarah on her honeymoon at the Grand Canyon!
This is another trip where Micaela and Sarah met serendipitously at the General Store. They did NOT know that they would be there at the same time, let alone run into each other.
Scientist Sarah still looks exactly like this photo! … Except her hair is longer now.
The photos below are from the same trip in 1997. Micaela rode 100 miles from Flagstaff, AZ to the Grand Canyon. The trip took 3 days and was mostly from sunrise (picture below) to midday to avoid the highest heat. It was a June when the temperatures reached 110 degrees. The elevation was also increasing by hundreds or thousands of feet by the mile.
Notice Micaela’s super fit bod, lack of tattoos, and road warrior hairstyle.
Here’s a photo of Micaela leaving the Canyon, just minutes before she was hit by a tour bus. Thankfully, she was ok! Her bike, however, was completely crushed.
Micaela took another trip in the early two-thousands with her parents and her ex-husband. On that trip, she explored the south side of the Grand Canyon for the first time. She said, “it was more chill but not as dynamic but still as beautiful.”
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