Day 3……and time to eat again! Today’s breakfast was pancakes
with real maple syrup, sausages, fresh fruit and the usual coffee & tea.
It was a warmer and dryer day and we were back on the
Colorado in no time……in fact, the moon was still out.
So we didn’t do many hikes the first couple of days and were
actually thinking, “Hmmmm…….maybe this isn’t going to be such an incredible
trip,” But today was the day that the trip started (and continued to be) simply
amazing! Read on! J
First, we were lucky enough to enjoy some time at the Little
Colorado River. Often, the Little Colorado runs gritty and brown, in fact, this
was only the second or third time Stephen (the trip leader) was able to take a
trip to the Little Colorado. We all de-rafted (is that a word?) and walked
upriver enjoying the beautiful blue water.
Here we are at the confluence of the Little Colorado and the
Colorado Rivers ~ the blue water is the Little Colorado and the brown, the Big
Colorado.
More Little Colorado River pics~
Then some of us donned life jackets and floated down the
river ~
There goes Suzanne!
After hanging out a while, it was back on the raft for some
more rapids
Here’s Brad looking quite dry!
More floating & rapids...........
The other boat. We assume we looked the same.
Ya know what Brad’s thinking……time for lunch!
Here are the guys preparing our lunch ~ today was a
surprisingly yummy tuna fish (not our favorite) with the typical fresh fruit,
chips & cookies.
And we met this little guy
After lunch, time to get back on
the river for our next adventure!
And before long we were tying-off
at Clear Creek Waterfall. This was a really cool hike and the first of many
like it ~ we had to hike through pools of water to get to the main attraction.
This was awesome, as it was not HOT!
This is Clear Creek Waterfall ~
super cool!
Brad taking a shower.
We were back on the raft and
passed the Phantom Ranch area today, which is cool as when we hiked rim-to-rim
a few years ago, we stayed at Bright Angel Campground by Phantom Ranch. This is
the hiker bridge we hiked over at 4am the day we hiked out (it was HOT! 130 the
day prior!) Cool (for us) to see this perspective.
More floating and more rapids………
Dinner that night was fresh trout
(not our favorite), coleslaw, rice, and German chocolate cake for dessert.
(Can’t remember the appetizer….)
We camped that night at Trinity ~
slept under the star…….we could see the Milky Way and even saw a few shooting
stars!
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