Day 1 – Feb 3 Lee’s Ferry (river mile 0) to Lower Jackass (river mile 8.9) River Miles: 8.9 (Mom) woke up early, the moon was so bright it illuminated the tent. Cold!! We packed up the tent and Ads texted me as we did so. It was so good to hear that you all […]
Day 2 – February 4 Lower Jackass (river mile 8.9) to Upper North Canyon (river mile 20.7) River Miles: 11.8 We slept great, praise God! But breakfast was a little bit slow and everyone was a bit confused. Breakfast: bagels with cream cheese, lox, capers, and onions. I tried it all and loved it! It […]
Day 3 – February 5 Upper North Canyon (20.7) to Nautiloid (35.0) River miles: 14.3 Today was an awesome day! We ran 10 rapids. The stretch is called the Roaring Twenties. We slept well. I woke once cold but Daddy got me an extra fleece and my soft shell pants and I went right back […]
Day 4 – February 6 Nautiloid (35.0) to Nankoweap (53.4) River miles: 18.4! We got your message on the satellite phone! So glad you three are well. We also got a message from Caroline’s mom that the Eagles won the Superbowl – sorry G-Pops. When we got to camp this afternoon we were on Groover […]
Day 5 – February 7 Nankoweap (53.4) to Lava Canyon (65.9) River miles:12.5 This morning we woke and ate breakfast (oatmeal) and hiked up to the Nankoweap granaries. The granaries are rooms built into the Redwall where the native Americans stored their grain. Did they live up there too?! (editors note: no, they did not) […]
Day 6 – February 8 Lava Canyon (65.9) to Nevills (76.1) River Miles: 10.2 It was a short day on the river. We hit this camp around 1:00 PM. We thought about going further but three big rapids are downriver with no chance to camp in between. So we had a bit of a relaxing […]
Day 7 – February 9 Nevills camp (76.1) to Across from Pipe Creek camp (89.3) River Miles: 13.2 miles What a day! We were up before the sun with a call for breakfast from Caroline. Everyone was still tired but we had 3 rapids in front of us that were class 7&8 and we still […]
Day 8 – February 10 Across from Pipe Creek (89.3) to Emerald (104.4) River Miles:15.1 Grandpa woke us at 6 AM. Daddy got up immediately to get ready to ferry Grandpa across the river. Today was Grandpa’s hike up and out of the canyon. I took a slower wake up and when I got out […]
Day 9 – February 11 Emerald Camp (104.4) to Bass Camp (109.0) River Miles: 4.6 Today was a light day on the river. We woke at 7, as the tent began to lighten with daylight. The wind had stopped blowing. Sunshine and blue sky greeted us when we unzipped the tent. It was a chilly […]
Day 10 – February 12 Bass Camp (109.0) River Miles: 0 Layover day = day of rest. We woke around 7. Breakfast was slow in prep. We had pancakes, sausage and blueberries. Dark clouds loomed in the sky so I found the rain tarp and coaxed Daddy to rig it up. He used two oars […]