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Havasupai
Val and I did a 30 mile hike through the Grand Canyon to the village of Supai and the waterfalls of Havasupai...

We loaded most of our gear on Mules but we both still had packs that we hiked with.

Day one of our three day trek was the hike in - not too bad but a full day hike - we stopped often to take in the sights and have snacks.  We ended day one by setting up camp in the campground at the bottom of the canyon.

Day two was hiking around to explore the waterfalls and village - there are no cars and in the village and all the 'roads' are dirt paths - lots of horses and mules.  This is one of only two places left in the US where mail comes in on mule train!

Day three was hiking back out of the canyon - Starting at 6:00am packing up camp and stopping for a quick snack in the village we were on the trail by 8:00am and back on top of the Grand Canyon's South Rim by 11:45 - we actually beat our mule/ gear out!

It was an excellent trip and we'd do it again in a heartbeat (as soon as our feet and legs recover!)

**Also - the color of the water in the photos below is accurate - no photoshop funny business - The mineral content of the water gives it the unique brilliant colors you see in the photos... It was amazing to see it in person!
Date(s): October 24, 2011. Album by Kevin Korczyk. 1 - 70 of 70 Total. 947 Visits.
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Mooney Falls

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Us at the top of Mooney falls!

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Havasu Falls is about 100 feet - the water forms several staggered pools of varying depths that cascade down the canyon - again this is the actual color of the water - just amazing!

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Navajo Falls

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Perhaps not as dramatic as Havasu and Mooney - Val and I both think the area around Navajo Falls was the most beautiful.

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Stars from our campsite - The campground is in a long narrow canyon so the large black edge on the right side of the photo is the top of one of the canyon walls.

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View from our tent

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The view from our camp site - we were right next to the stream - it looked like a river of light blue Kool-Aid!

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A big shade tree along the way to see more falls!

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The hike out!

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Mule train - Here comes the mail!

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Cattle seem to be right at home roaming the village without being confined to a pen (then again, they really can't wonder off too far, it is a pretty narrow canyon)

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Here come some hikers gear (each time we were passed by a pack of mules we'd see if they were carrying our gear)

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Photo courtesy of T. Struck

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We made it to the top!

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Tim and Taryan - our hiking buddies - were glad to be done with the 10+ mile hike out too!

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I Couldn't wait to get this pack off!  (as you can see Val is the smart one - she wasted no time and already had hers off!)

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Proof we beat our gear to the top!
Here comes the rest of our stuff (FINALLY, slow mules!  ha ha) - actually they are very fast, they probably left camp 3 hours after us and still reached the top at the same time!


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A brief video of Mooney Falls - the tallest falls in Havasupai at over 200 ft.

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