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Grand Canyon days 1-2

We set out from Lee's Ferry on Sunday morning for a six-night trip down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. Highlights of the first two days include mild rapids, Redwall Cavern, and a hike to ancient granaries at Nankoweap canyon.
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  • Launching at Lee's Ferry

    Launching at Lee's Ferry

    Family photo at Lee's Ferry.

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  • Our crew, at Lee's Ferry

    Our crew, at Lee's Ferry

    At Lee's Ferry we meet our crew (left to right): JP, the trip leader; Travis, the second boatman; Kirsten, the swamper.

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  • Departing Lee's Ferry

    Departing Lee's Ferry

    Many trips were launching this Sunday morning at Lee's Ferry.

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  • Boarding the rafts

    Boarding the rafts

    Settled in on the boat.

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  • Entering the Grand Canyon

    Entering the Grand Canyon

    The walls quickly rise as we enter the upper reaches of the Grand Canyon.

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  • Travis, our boatman

    Travis, our boatman

    Travis, our boatman in the Grand Canyon.

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  • Navajo Bridge

    Navajo Bridge

    Navajo Bridge.

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  • Desert Bighorn

    Desert Bighorn

    One of several Desert Bighorn we saw alongside the river.

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  • Lunch stop day 1

    Lunch stop day 1

    Lunch stop day 1.

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  • Cool shade at lunch

    Cool shade at lunch

    Lunch stop day 1 was in a cool niche in the canyon wall; I like how the rock reflects the cool green water.

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  • Afternoon on the river

    Afternoon on the river

    The river continues down into the canyon.

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  • JP's boat leads on

    JP's boat leads on

    JP's boat leads us onward through the cold clear waters of the Colorado.

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  • Rider canyon hike

    Rider canyon hike

    We stop for a short hike in Rider Canyon, a deep side canyon.

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  • Dried mud in Rider Canyon

    Dried mud in Rider Canyon

    Dried mud in the Rider Canyon wash.

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  • Andy makes pictographs

    Andy makes pictographs

    Andy explains his newly made petroglyphs in Rider Canyon.

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  • Andy swims Rider Canyon

    Andy swims Rider Canyon

    Andy finds the one swimmable pool in Rider Canyon wash.

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  • Late afternoon light

    Late afternoon light

    Late afternoon light on the Colorado River.

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  • Late afternoon light

    Late afternoon light

    Late afternoon light on the Colorado River. Camp 1 - Lone Cedar.

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  • Andy watches sunset

    Andy watches sunset

    Andy watches the sunset from Camp 1 - Lone Cedar.

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  • Sacred Datura blooms

    Sacred Datura blooms

    Sacred Datura bloom only in the morning; at Camp 1 - Lone Cedar.

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  • Riding in the "bathtub"

    Riding in the "bathtub"

    Andy, Mara, and John are ready for action in the "bathtub", front of the boat.

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  • View from the front

    View from the front

    View from the front of the boat early in the day.

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  • Andy prepares for a climb

    Andy prepares for a climb

    Andy prepares for the Grotto climbing stopover.

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  • Andy studies the canyon

    Andy studies the canyon

    Andy checks out the scene at the Grotto climbing stopover.

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  • John pops out of a cave

    John pops out of a cave

    John pops out of a hole in the canyon wall.

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  • Lead boat is dwarfed by cliffs

    Lead boat is dwarfed by cliffs

    Approaching Vasey's Paradise, the boat is tiny next to the sheer Redwall sandstone at left.

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  • Vasey's Paradise

    Vasey's Paradise

    Vasey's Paradise

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  • Approaching Redwall Cavern

    Approaching Redwall Cavern

    Our group stops briefly at Redwall Cavern, left.

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  • Andy explores Redwall Cavern

    Andy explores Redwall Cavern

    Andy inside Redwall Cavern.

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  • View from Redwall Cavern

    View from Redwall Cavern

    View downriver from Redwall Cavern.

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  • View from Redwall Cavern

    View from Redwall Cavern

    View upriver from Redwall Cavern, with a few oarboats (and paddleboards?!) arriving.

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  • Lunch stop day 2

    Lunch stop day 2

    Lunch stop day 2.

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  • Mule Deer stag

    Mule Deer stag

    Mule Deer stag sighted along the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon.

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  • Nankoweap peninsula

    Nankoweap peninsula

    Our lead boat rounds the Nankoweap peninsula.

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  • Travis reads at Nankoweap granaries

    Travis reads at Nankoweap granaries

    Travis reads to the group at the Ancient Granaries above Nankoweap.

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  • Nankoweap granaries

    Nankoweap granaries

    Andy checks out the Ancient Granaries above Nankoweap.

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  • Nankoweap granaries

    Nankoweap granaries

    David at the Ancient Granaries above Nankoweap, Grand Canyon.

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  • View from the trail to the Ancient Granaries above Nankoweap.

    View from the trail to the Ancient Granaries above Nankoweap.

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  • View from Nankoweap granaries

    View from Nankoweap granaries

    View from the trail to the Ancient Granaries above Nankoweap.

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  • Camp 2 - Nankoweap

    Camp 2 - Nankoweap

    Sunset at Camp 2 - Nankoweap.

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