Question

(18) David watched his sons head out toward the Hot Springs Canyon Trail, a hike that offered majestic views of the mountains and the Rio Grande River.

What revision, if any, should be made in sentence 18?
A
David watched his sons head out toward a hike that offered majestic views of the mountains and the Rio Grande River that was the Hot Springs Canyon Trail.
B
David watched his sons head out and toward the Hot Springs Canyon Trail and a hike that offered majestic views of the mountains and the Rio Grande River.
C
David watched his sons head out on a hike and offered them majestic views of the mountains, the Rio Grande River, and the Hot Springs Canyon Trail.
D
No change is needed.

Answer 1

D

The original sentence correctly uses an appositive ("a hike that offered...") to modify "the Hot Springs Canyon Trail." The other choices are awkward or introduce grammatical/meaning errors.