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| partners | | I usually don't cancel on the kiddos at school, but when Chumley brought up an overnight trip to the Little Colorado, I had to at least ask if there was an alternate available to take my three hour prom chaperoning duty on Saturday night. Boy was I glad there was! An amazing over-nighter to an amazing area.
A very fun packed little over-nighter. It started on Friday with a superb car camping location on the rim and got progressively better with each precarious step down Salt Trail Canyon. The LCR is everything everyone has made it out to be and maybe impossible to overstate. Chumley put us up in his VIP spot and that really made the weekend. Despite cooler temperatures than expected and some annoying cloud cover, we set off down the river on tubes, as our original itinerary had called for. Our goal was the Sipapu, (origin of Hopi life) which we made after some fun and semi-dangerous rapids, a couple of dunkings, a little wading and a brief stay on quick sand island we were there. We all marveled at the little geological wonder and then hit the trail for our land bound return.
Great times at camp, as usual. A little squall tried to damper our spirits around sundown, but it quickly passed and we all ended up enjoying a comfortable evening overall with perfect sleeping conditions.
The climb out is a good one, especially, with an overnight pack, make sure you bring your big boy, big girl pants for it. |
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