Reminiscing
This evening was all about reminiscing, as tomorrow will be not only a half day on the river, if that, but also our last day on the river. Kris asked about my favorite rapid. Tracy went over not only what to expect tomorrow with the trip out of the Canyon, but also summarized our trip:
Rapids: Horn Cree, just after Pipe Creek, with lunch at Trinity Canyon. Slept day 1 (7 for the Upper Canyon folk) on left above Granite Rapids. We then did Hermit, Boucher, Crystal and had lunch at the Ross Wheeler, mile 107. We stopped at mile 116 for the Elves Chasm hike, camping at the mile 118 dune camp, with catepillars on the beach. We had a slow morning, with Charly trying to start the tribe bonding, and Justin talked about the Canyon water sources and uses. We had a hike that morning at mile 120, stopping at Black Tail Canyon for lunch at mile 122. We then ran Foster, Specter, Bedrock and Dubendorf Rapids, camping at Stone Creek at mile 135. We hiked the Piano Trail into Deer Creek Canyon, where some people went into the narrows (the "Granite Narrows" being the start of the hike), and met some people playing bridge at the exit of the Deer Creek Canyon and Falls. We stopped at Poncho's Kitchen, river left, for lunch, and mile 144 at Kanab on the right for the night. Thai chicken dinner that evening. We heard the raven story in the morning, had the MatKat hike to the patio area where Sam sent small plastic boats down the creek, Tracy and other painted their toenails, and Justin played guitar. We had lunch on ledge left, then ran Upset Rapids with its photo run. We camped at mile 156 at the Last Chance camp before Havasu Canyon. We hiked up the Havasu Canyon, with the pools, and most of the group going up to Beaver Falls. Susan broke her wrist on this day. We stayed at Tuckup Canyon mile 165 on river right, and ran Lava Falls the next morning. Lunch at mile 179 on left, watching a private trip run the rapids upside down. We stayed at mile 188, Whitmore Canyon this morning, seeing Pumpkin Springs at mile 212, and having a water fight around mile 213. We're staying at mile 220 on river right tonight.
