just another day in the big ditch

Grand Canyon for 27 days, too many stories to write down. Here is a bunch of photos with a couple fun words.

Just another beautiful beach

We Had very varied flow, notice how far the boats are up the beach

the boats tucked up in the Deer Creek micro eddy

The side hikes during the winter months are perfect, nothing like going on a 10 mile hike in jeans and a sweatshirt.

Brian Newman lining up a big piece at Crystal

cactus on the way up to the Nankoweap Granaries

another beautiful sunset

The scenery never lets up

Dan lining up the big wave in Crystal

Dan Wylie hammering Crystal

Fish, being FISH!

Fish going big early on in the trip, look closely and spot Jane hunkering down on the front of the boat.

Fish and Jane finding the sweet spot at Hermit

Fish deep in Deer Creek Canyon

classic Grand Canyon shot from the Nankoweap Granaries

Grease meet water

Fish with one big Grease bomb

That is a motley crew

Marjie matching the travertine water of the Little Colorado

Koreen and Julie standing in front of Hermit

Jeff Catlett and his 18 foot boat buried in the good stuff

Jeff looking like a submarine resurfacing from the depths

The scale of the Grand Canyon is hard to comprehend, Look close to spot Jeff crushing Hermit

Marjie, Jane, Minna, Koreen, and Julie playing in front of Elves Casum

Marjie ditching her kayak and taking the sporty “swim” line

Chris Baer, with Havasu canyon in the back ground

Miles, looking for the big line at Hermit

Miles with a proper Grand Canyon beard

Minna at Vasey’s Paradis

Minna thinking about going for a couple more “newmans” before leaving Havasu for a night cruse

Looking up stream at Phantom Ranch, the true point of no return

The dark walls and moon a near Christmas Tree Cave

Jane and Minna creating the sound track to Red Wall Cavern

De-rigging Project Mayhem in the middle of the night

Rooster heading down stream on another beautiful February day

Is that a pyramid? I don’t know but it sure is pretty

Red Wall Cavern and a little lens flair

Wes, Miles, and Dan making there way through Deer Creek

Most of the crew steming around the fridget water in Deer Creek

Wes, Dan, and Miles making there way down Deer Creek

We saw snow on the rim the entire trip The temperature difference from the top of the canyon to the bottom is very noticeable. It is typically 5-7 degrees warmer per 1000ft drop in elevation. That means the rim gets snow and we are in T shirts tossing horse shoes.

got to dry out those underoos some where

Wes in front of Havasu Canyon