Grand Canyon

I’m standing at the edge of the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. I look out across the vast cavern catching glimpses of the Colorado River twisting through red striped spires. The southern sun beats down on the back of my neck, but my arms have goosebumps on them. I try to turn my gaze to my family behind me, but I can’t tear my eyes away from the view. I’m frozen in awe at the world around me. I’m picking my way across one of the rocky beaches that makes up the coastline of Maine. The rounded…

On the way to Colorado the family had stopped in North Platte, Nebraska at Cody Go-Karts. However, it had looked like a replica of an old, wooden, log fort. Outside of the fort-like track the sound was inaudible, but once inside it, it was a dome full of sound. The sound of the Go-kart tires screeched as they went around the turns. Some going really fast making the family wonder if they were alright or if they had gotten whiplash. It smelt like a jungle of excitement, fun, freedom, and burnt…

After being admitted to the Union in 1890 as the 43rd people, more than 1,293,953 people now live in Idaho. Idaho is nicknamed the Gem State because of its beauty. In Idaho, they many gorgeous places you can visit. One major attraction is Sun Valley located on Idaho’s splendid mountains where many Native Americans once climbed. Many famous Americans who have helped made America a better place have come from Idaho such as Moses Alexander and Ezra Pound. Idaho’s motto is “Esto Perpetua” meaning,…

a national park? National parks would be amazing in Providence Canyon State Park. A national park requires a unique natural, cultural or recreation resource. It is already a park to Georgia why not make it park to America. Providence Canyon State Park has canyons; cliffs some are jutted more than 150 feet into the earth. That is not suitable for farming but it will attract some popularity at the park. The Providence Canyon State Park there is 1,108 acres of land that everybody in…

The Grand Canyon Boulders Taller than the Great Tower of Seville by Garcia Lopez de Cardenas and The Most Sublime Spectacle on Earth by John Wesley Powell are two stories with different opinions of The Grand Canyon. The first story shows how The Grand Canyon can be very annoying and not worth of seeing. The second story shows how The Grand Canyon can be very fascinating; therefore the author has trouble explaining his whole trip. Boulders Taller than the Great Tower of Seville by de Cardenas…

Grand Canyon University is as a private Christian university founded in 1949 by the Southern Baptist Church (Helfers, 2000, n.d.). GCU’s was in Prescott and then moved to Phoenix. According to Gonzales (2015), GCU was in crisis and became a two billion dollar institution after Brian Muller took over as GCU’s president and CEO (p. 47). GCU’s facilities are expanding, programs are accumulating and enrollment is increasing with it’s intentions to help and guide students. Grand Canyon University’s…

possible that the college thinks that they met the criteria set for themselves; yet, the current students may think otherwise. Every college should be carefully examined with a specific set of criteria before a student decides to attend that college. Grand Canyon University (GCU) mostly meets the criteria it establishes for itself through its’ four pillars: Christian…

In my opinion is that the government should make the canyon a park. The canyon would make an excellent park for people to go and enjoy. Where is Georgia's "Little Grand Canyon" The Canyon is located in Bumpkin, Georgia. It is near the Alabama border. The canyon was not a really a canyon. In the 1800s farmers began growing the time period's most profitable crop. The way they made the area look like it is today is by cutting down all the trees and started plowing and planting seeds in long…

Grand Canyon University and the College of Nursing adds its Christian values to the many essentials laid out by the AACN. All of these establishments have set out to develop strong nursing leaders that use evidenced-based research to promote health, and improve the quality and safety of care but Grand Canyon University looks to additionally develop leaders with Christian values. These Christian values are some of the same qualities we look for in nurses. Qualities such as; empathy compassion…

listen to the beautiful sound of the birds chirp in the tree of the," Little Grand Canyon," also known as Providence Canyon. Providence Canyon is so beautiful it is hard to believe the federal government will not let it become a national park were everyone can see it. This park is beautiful and special. I believe the Providence Canyon should become a national park. This canyon is a part of Georgia history. This canyon has been carved over an 100 years ago and still is being carved…