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| no partners | | I haven't posted much here lately... Been pretty heavy in the photography game and not much in the mood to write. But, I thought I'd try and get myself back in the groove of regularly logging trips.
Jake's awesome recent photos of Grand Falls inspired me to visit. I've only ever seen them during spring runoff- never during monsoon flooding. WOW! Serious flow... Summer is the time to go!
I drove up Saturday afternoon and met up with Brian (VVebb). He had never seen the falls and was, of course, amazed by the sight. We hiked the easy way down towards the base (yes, there's a trail down from the lookout, most people will hike all the way around to the downstream end of the falls) and hung out near the alcove. I took some photos, then we hiked out in the dark. Saturday night we met up with some friends and walked around the Big Red Pour beer festival they had going on in Flag. Fortunately Brian was responsible and limited his intake. Overall, the event was a bit of a disappointment... I could have purchased the beer of every brewery present from Walgreens. If I'm gonna spend money on 5oz samples of beer I would hope for them to be beer I've never seen/tried.
Anyhow, after drinking a bunch of beer, we got back to Brian's friends' house around 11:30, I crashed around midnight, then got up at 3AM to drive back out to Grand Falls for sunrise.  What an experience that was... I've hiked around Grand Falls in the dark several times, but the solitude and peace found in the early morning is such a contrast to the incredible power of those falls... It's indescribable. I took photos until about 7AM (another photog showed up just past 6), then I cruised home back to Phoenix, with a nap in Camp Verde. |
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"Arizona is the land of contrast... You can go from Minnesota to California in a matter of minutes, then have Mexican food that night." -Jack Dykinga
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