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| no partners | | On the 9th of June my friend and I met at Lees Ferry with our long kayaks. We waited for the Colorado River Discovery rafts to come down the river from Glen Canyon Dam. Once the rafts had arrived and all the passengers had debarked we loaded our boats and camping gear onto one of the rafts, operated by a young Native American woman. She expertly guided the boat upriver and dropped us off at Ferry Swale campsite.
I was confused by something I heard someone say later, thinking I may have heard "Ferry Swell." But the topo map CLEARLY shows that the camp is directly across from Ferry Swale Canyon, which comes in from the West.
So, we camped at Ferry Swale campsite for the night. It rained. We did get a bit wet, having slept under a tarp. In the morning there were waterfalls coming off the cliffs. It was worth getting a little bit wet to see the big waterfall across from camp, coming down out of Ferry Swale Canyon. This waterfall is also clearly labeled on the topo map. By the time it was light enough for me to take a photo the water had diminished a little bit. It's too bad I couldn't have gotten a photo of it when it was really gushing. Taller than Deer Creek Falls.
We started downriver in the rain. It rained off and on, never very hard, as we paddled down to Lees Ferry. We marveled at the waterfalls coming off the cliffs.
Although I was wearing a pretty good raincoat, I wished I had a dry top and Kokotat paddle pants, with some kind of wool long johns underneath. (Yes, you hikers, there really is a piece of gear called paddle pants. No jokes, please!  ) And I wished I had neoprene boots instead of the lowcut neoprene shoes I was wearing. We stopped a couple of times on our way back to Lees Ferry. At Waterholes Canyon I hiked upstream a short distance and also did jumping jacks and running in place to get warm. My feet finally warmed up again and we were on our way.
It truly was a wonderful day to be paddling in Glen Canyon, despite having gotten so chilly. It was no longer raining as we pulled our kayaks out of the water and brought the vehicles around to load up. We went to the newly rebuilt Marble Canyon Lodge for lunch. |
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