This was my second trip down the river. The first one I did with Stephanie in June 2004. Now it was Brooke's turn, and she was unsure about the whole ordeal. Once school was out, I think she would have rather spent some times relaxing and playing with her friends. So here it was three days after school let out, and we got up very early to drive to Marble Canyon, where the Hatch River Rafting warehouse was. This is where we met our group. They drove us 10 miles to the put-in at Lee's Ferry, and the fun began.
We stopped here on some neat Supai ledges with beautiful and calm green-blue waters for our scenery. Brooke was amazed at how beautiful the water and the canyon was.
This is a nasty hole in House Rock Rapids. We stopped here to go hike up Rider Canyon. Brooke fell in a huge quick sand/ mud hole, and was covered with warm gooey mud up to her chest. She lost one of her sandals, and despite our guideBen looking forever, he never found it. When we got back to the boat, we witnessed a private raft hitting the rapid here and flipping. We ended up helping them flip back over before proceeding down canyon.
This is Vasey's Paradise, which is a spring springing from a cave much like Thunder River. There's a lot of poison ivy in the area, so we didn't get too close. I have backpacked down to this spot, and it's very serene.
We spent a lunch here in the Redwall Cavern. This is an enormous cave-like area that is large than a football field!
What a beautiful campsite at North Canyon! Brooke can be seen off in the distance, bathing in the river.
After a couple of day, Dave and Brooke are in the zone--one with the canyon here during a hike to this beautiful waterfall in North Canyon.
Calm reflective waters before getting to Nankoweap Canyon.
Brooke's favorite view of the river is from 700 feet above, next to the Nankoweap ruins.
Brooke cooling off in a waterfall in Clear Creek Canyon. Our weather in the canyon consisted of 95 degree days and 70 degree nights! Some nights were cooler and some days were a little warmer.
The Powell Plateau from our 'ledges' campsite below the Bass Canyon. This was Brooke's favorite place to camp.
The two of us posing in front of Elves Chasm, just before we jumped in, swam behind the rocks, climbed up, and jumped down 10 feet into the deep, cool waters!
A group photo in the part of the canyon know as 'Conquistidor Aisle'.
We were in the canyon during the New Moon, so the stars were incredible. This is a time exposure pointing up from our camp site at Upset Rapids.
Brooke swimming in the warm turquoise waters of Havasu Creek. This place, as well as the entire trip, was paradise on earth!
Brooke's number one favorite spot in the Grand Canyon--Deer Creek Falls!
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