Havasu Canyon

Okay, so we've always wanted to hike to Havasu Falls,

so we jumped at the chance when we were invited!

Here we are at the parking area - the start of our 12 mile

hike with our trail buddies the Hollands, Yates, and Jones.

It was a little chilly at the top, but there's nothing

like backpacking to warm you up quick!

We started our hike at 8 pm, hiked half way and

camped, then finished early the next

morning. The full moon really made hiking

at night a lot easier! We also had headlamps.

It was a lot cooler this way, too.

This sign is at Supai Village.

Navajo Falls was washed out last summer in a flash flood.

There are several smaller waterfalls that are where

Navajo Falls used to be.

Since Supai Village is so remote they grow

a lot of their food. This is a"dry farming"

garden. They plant seeds, flood the garden,

and that's it.

They do have an LDS branch there.
This is the helicopter pad. The village is so remote
the only way in or out is by mule, helicopter, or
by hiking. It's only about 50 miles from
Kanab if you could drive straight there,
but since the Grand Canyon is in the way it's
about a 7 hour drive just to the parking lot -
and then you hike 12 miles from there.
There are about 450 people who live there,
so they ride the helicopter to the parking
lot and then drive a car another 4 hours to do
their shopping and visit doctors.
Flagstaff & Kingman are the nearest cities.
(I'll never complain about having to drive to St George again!)

This is the gully that was washed out in the

flood last year. It washed out tons of material &

trees and changed the look of the whole canyon.

There were volunteers working on

restoring the re-routed trail.

Havasu Falls! What a beautiful sight after

hiking for so long!

The water really is this blue!

HAPPY CAMPERS!

Here we are at the campground.

You can hear the falls from here -

makes for some great snoozing!!

This is the beginning of the descent to

Mooney Falls. It was kind of SCARY!

But I just couldn't come this far and not

do it! It really wasn't that bad, and the climb

back up was really easy.

I didn't take this picture, but it shows

Mooney Falls from above. The campground

is up the canyon from Mooney, and down

below it joins with the Colorado

River by Toroweap.

This is the view of the trail from below.

Terry & I are clear at the top.

Good thing Jennifer & Jeff were

cheering us on from below!

The view from the last part

of the trail.

Terry & I at the base of Mooney Falls.

This was the best part of the trip -

there are several other falls below this

as well as a rope swing. We all took turns

jumping and playing in the

blue water.

We celebrated Terry's birthday

on our trip. Here's his birthday

cupcake from the cafe.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, I love you!!

Watch our for the mule trains -

they won't stop for you!

They go back and forth from Supai

to the parking area several

times a day. A couple of us sent

our backpacks back on one. It was the

best $20 I have ever spent!

The canyon walls have unique

square rocks - they looked like

Jenga pieces!

We picked up this trail dog on the way out

and he followed us the whole way out.

It was a great experience!

Thanks to our trail buddies who

were great company to have!

Let's plan our next adventure!!