And Mason Thomas and Kate Contino had no idea that when they came back from their 25 day rafting trip with no cell phone service in the Grand Canyon that the Corona virus crisis would have gripped the world.

It was definitely it was mind blowing.

The couple from California were two of 13 on the adventure of a lifetime.

The group won a lottery to run the canyon after applying to the National Park Service for a permit.

You just have the freedom to do anything really out there.

You can just go and just hang out and will climb on rocks.

And I don't have to worry about anything really other than your own well being and the people next to you, Really.

This was Mason's Facebook post before he left, Catch you in like 26 days off to the canyon.

They did bring masks just in case.

After several weeks, exploring one of the seven natural wonders of the world, they were met with the hard reality of a pandemic.

This is kind of coming back to almost the exact opposite of where we've been in this room that you see behind us for days now.

We went shopping once, and you know that's about it.

And, um, it's been yeah, shocking.

It's been such a change that it's it's really hard to adjust to for inside edition dot com on the chefs.