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Havasu Canyon, 3rd, 4th and 5th of July 2006
Photos: Below Mooney Falls to Colorado River
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| Not too far downstream from Mooney Falls the trail meanders
through a wide valley full of chest high wild grape vines.
Em, in red at the lower right, is walking down the canyon. |
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| The trail from Hualapai Hilltop to the Colorado River was
pretty easy to follow except for this spot, just upstream of
Beaver Falls, and illustrated with this photo taken by someone
else. Em and I, walking downstream, came to the point
where you see the person below and promptly entered the river
and looked for the trail on the other side. Our
alternative, as we would find on the way back, was to climb 15
feet up a vertical rock face with the rope that this woman is
currently climbing down. Because we missed the rope
(literally, neither of us saw it) we had to do some pretty
sketchy scrambling to get around Beaver Falls. On the way
back, instead of climbing down the rope we just jumped into the
water. |
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Below Beaver Falls we leave the land of the
Havasupai People and enter the Grand Canyon National Park.
This is the first photo I have ever seen that makes my head look
small. That's really weird! His head really does
look disproportionately small! I swear I didn't do it! |
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| When we rafted the grand canyon this rock was the furthest
point up Havasu Canyon that we reached. Em and I both have
fond memories of playing in the water here with Kaylin, Spencer,
Taylor, Stacy, and Pablo. |
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18 miles after leaving Hualapai Hilltop we make
it to the Colorado River and all of the rafters who are taking
day trips up Havasu Canyon. We struck up a conversation
with Linda who was kind enough to give us two cold beers.
Thanks Linda!
For an nice shot of Havasu Creek entering the Colorado
River click here.
The photo was taken when Em and I rafted the Grand Canyon
from Lee's Ferry to Pierce Ferry in 2004. A complete
report of that trip can be found on our adventure page.
During our rafting trip the Colorado was brown and about 10 feet
higher in elevation so we couldn't swim at the intersection of
the river and creek. This time however, the Colorado was
green and so low we could walk/swim up Havasu Creek and did. |
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