We got up before 7, after a relatively quiet night. Orr woke up just once looking for her pacifier. Since we wanted to somehow celebrate the Seder, we decided to spend the morning touring and the afternoon preparing. We took a shuttle bus to Yaki point where the views as usual were spectacular. It was a very windy morning thogh, so we did not stay long. We then visited yet another viewpoint called Mather’s point. After that we entered the relatively new visitor center to rest. Just to clarify, Paola and I rested, the kids had fun running around without us chasing them because there was nowhere for them to fall off into. During this rest stop we also managed to hear a park ranger leading a group through the various exhibits and explaining the geology and wonders of the Grand Canyon.
Around noon we did another set of laundry and some grocery shopping and got back to our campsite by 2:30pm. We played a bit outside and then began preparing for the seder. Ron helped Paola make Kneidalach (Matzo Ball soup). I struggled with barbequing some chicken. We had an early and abbreviated seder as the kids were very hungry. Ron sang “Ma Nishtana†very nicely and drank 4 cup of “wineâ€. He also sang a song in english that he learned at school
“Oh listen, oh listen King Pharoh,
Please let my people go,
They work so hard all day
Please let them go away…â€
Paola was unfortunately feeling not so well this afternoon, a sever headache. Luckily the kids were behaving OK, so we were able to get them all to sleep by 8:30pm.
Good night.
-Hemi