is there another way to rephrase this sentence in a good way.

--- All I ever heard about this Grand Canyon thing was that it is piled up with humongous rocks and composed of fossils.

thank you!

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It's full of slang and weird references. What type of writing is this for? An essay? A short story? What?
its an exploration narrative journal

im writing about seeing the grand canyon for the first time
The best way to improve it would be to delete "this" and "thing" and insert "the" -- and another is to recognize that it's not a "pile" but a deep gouge in the earth. Have you ever seen it?

http://www.google.com/search?q=grand+canyon&hl=en&rlz=1C1GGGE_enUS379US379&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=0265ToYbtNyIAtixodYE&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CD4Q_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=643