Russ and I have been talking about doing a Grand Canyon trip for a long time. We decided it would be a nice high school graduation present...lots of fun in the sun after years of toil at the textbooks. So we hooked up with Arizona River Runners and went for their 8 day motor trip in early July...cushy,wet,fun and HOT!
Road Trip!
Our boats at Lee's Ferry
Ready to board on a scortching hot day
Navajo bridge...the last vestige of civilization for 180+ miles
Hance Rapid on Day 1
Getting ready for a short hike on the morning of day 2 to North Canyon
North Canyon
Better reading can't be found
Red Wall Cavern...room for 50,000 people according to John Wesley Powell
At the end of another stellar, hot , long day
Camp, day 4
Another one of our short hikes
Aquamarine river...the Little Colorado
The Little Colorado
Camp just below the LC
Overlook at dusk...4 billion years of geology to contemplate
The Old Man
Elve's Grotto
Kenny, our boatman, in a side canyon
A desert bighorn sheep
Deer Creek Falls
Deer Creek
Our boats tied up at Deer Creek
Havasu Creek
Russ at HC
The last night out...a little older and wiser?
Last camp at Whitmore Canyon
InSpecter Chasm!
It was an incredible 8 days. A great chance to enjoy the GC, think, relax, and spend time with Russell. Thanks to Kenny, Zach and the rest of the crew to make it so memorable!!!
