Havasupai Backpacking Trip
(the pictures are in backwards order)
(the pictures are in backwards order)
Out of the Canyon after a great few days
The group on our way out
Havasu Falls
Family pictures, below Mooney Falls
Walking down river - it was like neverland
On top of Mooney Falls
In camp- group stretch after a long day of hiking
Navajo Falls
Going into Supai Village
At the top of the canyon, before we started
Stopping at the Hoover Dam Spring Break 2010 brought a great adventure. The inital planning was quite involved but finally we got a group together and took off with all 6 of us in a truck and headed to northern Arizona. We passed over the Hoover Dam and had a tourist moment and checked out the lake and dam.
We slept the night in a hotel before our trip and got everything ready to go in the morning. We got up early and headed to the trailhead. It was pretty cool to know that we were going to be into the Grand Canyon. The hike down was steep switchbacks for about 2 miles then another 6 to the little town of Supai. It was probably close to a 3rd world country. There were small little holmes with yards that were just dirt with lots of garbage. It was a beautiful backdrop, but a village that the natives lived in. A strange place indeed.
After the village is another easy two miles to the campground. We got into the campground and found a site that seemed to work for us. We had to move a picnik table to a cleared out area, but it worked for the 6 of us. We set up tents and our kitchen, filled our bottles with spring water and stretched before crashing after a long day.
The next day we went to Mooney Falls and Havasu Falls. The water was blue and beautiful and the weather was great. We hiked down the side of the canyon to the bottom of Mooney Falls. Then we waded down the river. After that we hiked up to the Havasu Falls.
That night we played card games and told crazy stories. The next day we got up and out of camp by 7 am. We hiked out through the river bed and up the steep switchbacks. Then we got in the truck and headed to Vegas for much needed showers. We stayed with a friend and had some delicious food and great beds.
All in all it was a pretty sweet spring break! I hope next years is just as adventurous.
We slept the night in a hotel before our trip and got everything ready to go in the morning. We got up early and headed to the trailhead. It was pretty cool to know that we were going to be into the Grand Canyon. The hike down was steep switchbacks for about 2 miles then another 6 to the little town of Supai. It was probably close to a 3rd world country. There were small little holmes with yards that were just dirt with lots of garbage. It was a beautiful backdrop, but a village that the natives lived in. A strange place indeed.
After the village is another easy two miles to the campground. We got into the campground and found a site that seemed to work for us. We had to move a picnik table to a cleared out area, but it worked for the 6 of us. We set up tents and our kitchen, filled our bottles with spring water and stretched before crashing after a long day.
The next day we went to Mooney Falls and Havasu Falls. The water was blue and beautiful and the weather was great. We hiked down the side of the canyon to the bottom of Mooney Falls. Then we waded down the river. After that we hiked up to the Havasu Falls.
That night we played card games and told crazy stories. The next day we got up and out of camp by 7 am. We hiked out through the river bed and up the steep switchbacks. Then we got in the truck and headed to Vegas for much needed showers. We stayed with a friend and had some delicious food and great beds.
All in all it was a pretty sweet spring break! I hope next years is just as adventurous.
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