I am off later today to the the Grand Canyon. I fly to Flagstaff and meet up with the rest of my party for a raft trip down the length of the Grand Canyon. There will be 15 of us in our group - mostly from Sacramento. Myself, I am a bit of a novice, but I am assured there will those amongst us that know what they are doing when it comes to the odd rapid.
We have contracted with an outfitter in Flagstaff who is providing the rafts and the food and all the miscellaneous bits and pieces. They are going to drive us out to Lee's Ferry on Saturday morning, show us how to load and rig the boats and then leave us to our own devices with a rendezvous some 16 days later at Diamond Creek. All being well, we will pop out of the other end in time to be picked up.
The trip from Lee's Ferry to Diamond Creek is some 225 miles and we plan on taking 16days to complete the distance. No phone, no e-mail, no contact with the outside world, nothing - so I will be out of touch for a while. Actually that is a bit of an exaggeration we will have a satellite phone for emergencies, but we don't plan on using that piece of equipment.
From what I can gather it is supposed to be quite a trip - some say life altering experience - I don't know if I am expecting that but it should be an adventure that's for sure.
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