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but... maybe it was real BURRO 
). checked in at the tourist office at 0730 and then hiked the rest of the way into the campground. Some improvements have been made, especially where they are clearing the rubble from around the new falls, which are about 1/2 and 1/4 mile upstream of Navajo Falls, which is now dry. The campground is pretty much full of sand, most of the younger trees are now dead or dying. The older sycamores are alive and it is possible to find shaded campsites. Looks like the tribe has attempted some seeding of grasses. We camped just downstream of the Fern Spring, right on the creek. Numerous dams have been formed and are slowly calcifying. We rested and then explored Havasu , Navajo (dry) and the new falls. Upper New falls is inaccessible by trail,. still looks like they are clearing the rock falls. Likely fairly unstable, too. I got into the creek and the few travertine dams are soft and easily damaged, so I didn't go further. Lower falls (~40ft) is wide and strong, and accessible thru the tractor clearing done by the tribe. several people were swimming. Amazing to see the amount of earth displaced by the flood between teh upper new falls and old Navajo falls. Explored Navajo falls, now dry. Havasu falls is more restricted to the creek-left as it cascades. Flow was good. Pools are sandbagged and calcifying. Friday night was warm, poor sleep until a breeze started at 3am.
