Monday, July 6, 2009

HAVASUPI

HI ALL!! THIS IS ERIC. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, CADE AND JASE AND I WENT TO HAVASUPI IN THE GRAND CANYON. WE WENT 2 WEEKS AGO AND WE HAD A BLAST!!
IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE LAST TIME WE WENT, 3-YEARS AGO. THEY HAD MAJOR FLASH FLOODS LAST YEAR AND IT DESTROYED ALOT OF THE BEAUTIFUL SITES AROUND AND IN THE CAMPGROUNDS. TO GET TO HAVASUPI, YOU DRIVE FOR EVER ON A DESOLATE ROAD, ON THE INDIAN RESERVATION, THEN YOU PARK AND HIKE IN APROX. 8 MILES TO THE VILLAGE OF SUPI ARIZONA. YOU HAVE TO HAVE RESERVATIONS, AND YOU USUALLY HAVE TO GET THEM ABOUT 6 MONTHS IN ADVANCE. ONCE WE GOT TO THE VILLAGE WE HAD TO CHECK IN, AND THEN HIKE ANOTHER 2.5 MILES TO THE CAMPGROUNDS. ALONG THE WAY WE SAW THE DEVASTATION THAT THE FLOODS BROUGHT, IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE WHAT MOTHER NATURE CAN DO!! WELL, WE CAMPED AND HIKED FOR 1-WEEK, WE EVEN DID A SERVICE PROJECT AT MOONEY FALLS, TO HELP REBUILD THE POOLS DOWN THERE.
WHEN WE WERE DONE, WE HIKED OUT OF THE CANYON, IT'S ALOT TOUGHER COMING OUT THAN GOING IN. WE ALL MADE IT BACK SAFELY. HERE ARE A FEW PIC'S OF HAVASUPI. I CAN'T ACCESS MY PICTURES RIGHT NOW. SORRY!!

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