After an 8 hour solo road trip I was relieved to see signs that read, “Welcome to Grand Canyon National Park”. It was a Monday afternoon, start of the work week, surely the park would be empty... 

Nothing prepares you for the Grand Canyon. No matter how many times you read about it or see it pictured, it still takes your breath away. Your mind, unable to deal with anything on this scale, just shuts down and for many long moments you are a human vacuum, without speech or breath, but just a deep, inexpressible awe that anything on this earth could be so vast, so beautiful, so silent. - Bill Bryson