In October I hiked from Hualapai Hilltop to Supai Village and eventually to the campgrounds. Those blogs were posted in November. On this river trip, I was able to reach lover Havasu Canyon from the river! It is a must see.

There are two ways to dock and tie off your raft to see this canyon. The smaller boats pull into the mouth of the creek while the large motor rigs pull in half way down the rapid! Who knew??

Will and Tieranny are waiting for the sign from Amity to leap off the boat and tie her off.

Once the raft is secure Amity shares a few moments with a friend acting as the harbormaster. He has taken the role of directing incoming boats to their parking spots.

We walk along the ledges above the Colorado River wearing our life jackets just to be safe. Apparently, an unfortunate client had fallen off the ledge once, without a jacket on, and didn’t make it.

Once we get near the mouth of Havasu Creek we deposit our life jackets into a pile. We will put them back on following our adventure.

Rocks in the main channel. I just thought they were cool.

Looking down into Havasu Creek toward the main river.

As we head up the creek we encounter several waterfalls. The color of the water here is amazing. We were here right around midday which makes for really bright lighting conditions. But there is no mistaking that blue-green water.

We have reached our swimming hole for the afternoon. We met a couple of other trips here but one was on their way out. Here you can see people lined up rocks to create a water channel to float down.

On our way back to the boat we looked down at the creek. Can you see, on the far side, the work the water has done over the years?

Again, the entrance to the creek.

Looking up river at the mouth.

Amity leading her lemmings back to the raft.

When you do big adventures…bring your camera. Even if the lighting isn’t optimal, you can still tell a story.

Happy Shooting!