COLORADO RIVER RAFT EXPEDITION - 2018
FROM ABOVE - SOUTH RIM VIEW OF THE CANYON
SUNRISE AT YAVAPAI POINT
SUNSET FROM THE SOUTH RIM
HOPI POINT
VIEW FROM DESERT VIEW - SOUTH RIM
A VIEW OF THE COLORADO RIVER FROM A HELICOPTER
CROSSING OF THE NAVAJO BRIDGE ON THE WAY TO LEE'S FERRY AND THE RAFTS
ARRIVAL AT MARBLE CANYON
LAST "PIT" STOP PRIOR TO BOARDING THE RAFTS
LOADING RAFTS AT LEE'S FERRY - MILE 0
DEPARTING LEE'S FERRY - MILE 1
NOTICE THE CLEAR WATER WHICH WE WOULD HAVE FOR 2 HOURS PRIOR TO A TORRENTIAL MONSOONAL RAINSTORM RESULTING IN A MUDDY RIVER FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TRIP.
PASSING UNDER THE NAVAJO BRIDGES
VIDEO - CLICK PHOTO
TORRENTIAL MONSOONAL THUNDERSTORM COMPLETE WITH HAIL AND HIGH WINDS.
WATERFALLS OVER THE RIM OF MARBLE CANYON FOLLOWING THE STORM
VIDEO - CLICK PHOTO
BACK TO THE RAFTS FOLLOWING THE STORM AND A SOGGY LUNCH
NORTH CANYON HIKE
"GROTTO" WATERFALL - NORTH CANYON
CAMP ON A RAINY NIGHT
"WET" RIDE ON THE S-RIG
RAIN + RAPIDS ON THE S-RIG =" Brrrr"
REDWALL CAVERN - MILE 33
CLOUDY, RAINY DAY ON THE RIVER
OUR FIRST WILDLIFE SIGHTING
MIST ON THE WATER AT LITTLE NANKOWEAP - MILE 52
MID-AFTERNOON FOLLOWING MONSOONAL RAIN
HIKING ABOVE LITTLE NANKOWEAP
TO PHOTOGRAPH BRIGHT ANGEL SHALE FORMATION AND REDWALL FORMATION ABOVE CAMP
PHOTOGRAPHING AT LITTLE NANKOWEAP
MORNING HIKE TO THE NANKOWEAP GRANARIES
PHOTOGRAPHING THE GRANARIES
A 1.5 MILE HIKE FROM CAMP PLUS A 750 FEET VERTICAL HIKE TO THIS VIEWPOINT BELOW THE GRANARIES
FIRST LIGHT AT THE NANKOWEAP GRANARIES
ANASAZI RUIN
MORE RAIN AND RESULTANT WATERFALLS ON THE REDWALL CLIFFS OF NANKOWEAP
PRE-DINNER HIKE FROM CARDENAS CREEK CAMP - MILE 72
HIKE TO OVERLOOK ABOVE UNKAR RAPID AND HILLTOP RUIN
OVERLOOK ABOVE UNKAR RAPID WITH THE "DOX" FORMATION ROCKS PHOTOGRAPHED IN THE FOREGROUND
PHOTOGRAPHING FROM UNKAR RAPID OVERLOOK
UNKAR RAPIDS/DELTA AND DOX FORMATION
A THREE SHOT "STITCHED" PANORAMA
LAST LIGHT AT THE UNKAR RAPID OVERLOOK
ZOROASTER PINK GRANITE AND VISHNU SCHIST
CALM WATER PRIOR TO UPCOMING RAPIDS
A GEOLOGY LABORATORY
THE BLACK BRIDGE AT PHANTOM RANCH
THE BRIDGE THAT CONNECTS THE SOUTH KAIBAB TRAIL FROM THE SOUTH RIM TO PHANTOM RANCH
"WISH I WAS RAFTING"
NICE VIEW FROM CAMP DURING DINNER
HIKE TO ELVES CHASM
ELVES CHASM
