Grand Canyon Trip - Part Two

*******Thursday, May 9, 2013*******
Getting ready for the day! No makeup, mirrors or curling irons. Just braids, the river and sun hats.


This day was amazing.  We stopped where the Little Colorado River merges with the main Colorado River (mile 60 of our trip).
On the right in the Colorado River, and on the left is the Little Colorado.  Due to calcium carbonate in the Little Colorado, the river takes on that baby blue color.  This is where they merge. It was so incredible to see. 

Walking around the Little Colorado. 

 

The water was much warmer here, and we were able to form a train and go down some rapids.  It was so fun.  The color of that water was breathtaking. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Back on the boat for more rapids.  When there wasn't rapids we could lay on the boat, talk, hang out, and then the rapids came and made it exciting.  Perfect combination of a relaxing trip and adventurous. 

Prepping for the rapids.

Jason and his goggles.  The one and only time someone was more dorky that I was.  Although I do have a nice bonnet look going on. 

Camp and dinner that night. 

 

And because I'm sure people are curious about this situation, like I was before I went on this trip, this is the bathroom situation. Behold the loo with a view.   

 

*******Friday, May 10, 2013*******

Rise and shine! 

We had two boats in our group, and this was the second boat going down some big rapids.  Dave, Jason, and one other guy almost fell off going down this bad boy. 

We stopped and hiked and found this little waterfall. 

You could walk around the side of it and then jump through it, which the guys did.  The girls were too cold.  Such wimps we were. 

This next stop was a huge highlight of the trip for me.  This was a slot canyon, and we hiked through it. 

 

 

 

Our guides, Scotty and Joe, are in a band together.  They played us some songs, most being songs they wrote and about the Grand Canyon.  The acoustics in this canyon were amazing.  It made me teary a few times.  

At the back of this canyon was this rock.  J and J climbed up and jumped off. 

More rapids.

A video from some rapids.  This was a good sized one, but not as big as some of the ones we went through. 

We learned lots of cool things about how the schist and granite were made millions of years ago, and how these veins happened.

Happy campers. 

That night we stopped for camp and hiked to this waterfall.  We were in need of another shower, so we "showered" under the waterfall that night.  

 

Waiting for dinner and feeling so refreshed and clean.

Our gorgeous campsite that night. 

We had bananas foster for dessert that night.  Ice cream on our fourth night in the dessert.  These guides and the food were pretty amazing. 

This might be my favorite picture from the trip.  This was the first night it didn't rain, so we stayed up a little later than normal.  Jason is wearing his headlight and it was attracting the bats.  He loved to look up and watch the bats come fly through his light.  I loved to keep my distance.  He is such a little boy at heart. 

We were able to sleep under the stars that night.  The sky was unlike anything I had ever seen.