This is the first of many posts to chronicle our 16-day rafting adventure down the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon with O.A.R.S. in the fall of 2018. Day 1 started with a three-hour drive from Flagstaff to Lee’s Ferry. Once there, the crew loaded our gear into the rafts, we donned our PFDs, and we were off! Due to concerns about upcoming bad weather from Hurricane Rosa, the plan was to cover 18 miles to House Rock. But a nasty upstream wind after lunch changed our plans and we stopped at Soap Creek instead.
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- Loading the vans for the drive from Flagstaff to Lee’s Ferry
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- The crew loads the last of the gear
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- Our first boat briefing from trip leader Ashley Brown
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- All aboard!
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- And we’re off…
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- The sky is looking good for now
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- Our first riffle – Cathedral Wash (I think)
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- Navajo Bridges – last car crossing of the Colorado River until Hoover Dam, 342 miles downstream
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- It’s after lunch and the sky is looking darker now…
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- Rondo is working hard rowing into the wind
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- Our campsite at Soap Creek
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- Ben and Kerry cooking up a great salmon dinner (with help from Rondo, not!)
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- Hanging out at the chair circle before dinner
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- The sky cleared up and we had a great sunset for our first night
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