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Havasupai Memorial Weekend

Great weather...warm hike in and warm at camp but perfect for playing around in the water. My birthday also became a special day for Wolf and Michelle that had nothing to do with me.
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Michelle ready for a long warm trek
Michelle ready for a long warm trek		 Wolf ready for a dusty trail
Wolf ready for a dusty trail		 Tom ready for wind and rain and sleet
Tom ready for wind and rain and sleet		 Only 9.85 miles to go
Only 9.85 miles to go
Under the overhang
Under the overhang		 View down to the Tonto platform
View down to the Tonto platform		 Trail snakes through Coconino sandstone layers
Trail snakes through Coconino sandstone layers		 If no one has claimed it, it's Bernie's arch
If no one has claimed it, it's Bernie's arch
Michelle plus 30#
Michelle plus 30#		 Pink stuff
Pink stuff		 Much of the hike was along this kind of wash
Much of the hike was along this kind of wash		 Our lunch spot. Michelle found a small bottle of apple rum here...ask her what she did with it
Our lunch spot. Michelle found a small bottle of apple rum here...ask her what she did with it
Tom is under the impression that he's levitating the overhang
Tom is under the impression that he's levitating the overhang		 Overhang ceiling
Overhang ceiling		 The narrow way
The narrow way		 The trail crosses the riverbed several times in the narrows
The trail crosses the riverbed several times in the narrows
Green tree and orange rock
Green tree and orange rock		 Hard work in the heat about halfway to the campground
Hard work in the heat about halfway to the campground		 First traces of water left in the wash
First traces of water left in the wash		 Just so you know
Just so you know
First view of the creek with its turquoise color
First view of the creek with its turquoise color		 The outskirts of Supai
The outskirts of Supai		 Just another workday for this guy
Just another workday for this guy		 I gave her a shoe-tying lesson while I waited for the others
I gave her a shoe-tying lesson while I waited for the others
The combined general store / post office
The combined general store / post office		 First view of Havasupai falls
First view of Havasupai falls		 We were late for the yoga lessons
We were late for the yoga lessons		 How'd I take a picture of me??
How'd I take a picture of me??
Yoga lessons completing just as we get there
Yoga lessons completing just as we get there		 Havasupai falls
Havasupai falls		 This was Michelle's first visit to the falls
This was Michelle's first visit to the falls		 Closer-up
Closer-up
My campsite
My campsite		 Globemallow and prickly pear blooms
Globemallow and prickly pear blooms		 The warning @ the Mooney Falls descent
The warning @ the Mooney Falls descent		 Mooney Falls about 100 yards from my campsite
Mooney Falls about 100 yards from my campsite
Mooney Falls one more time
Mooney Falls one more time		 Tom taking pics of Wolf and Michelle
Tom taking pics of Wolf and Michelle		 The pools
The pools		 Mooney Falls from pool level
Mooney Falls from pool level
Michelle and Wolf
Michelle and Wolf		 Downstream
Downstream		 The river is full of these small cascading waterfalls
The river is full of these small cascading waterfalls		 Travertine builds up behind the rocks and creates ledges which fill in...making shallow pools
Travertine builds up behind the rocks and creates ledges which fill in...making shallow pools
Vegatation
Vegatation		 One of the tougher waterfalls to navigate
One of the tougher waterfalls to navigate		 View of same waterfall from a bit further downstream
View of same waterfall from a bit further downstream		 And a bit further yet. Mooney Falls in the background
And a bit further yet. Mooney Falls in the background
Seep
Seep		 Michelle enjoying the artificial rain
Michelle enjoying the artificial rain		 Michelle in paradise
Michelle in paradise		 Someone said if you stand under the waterfall spray, you might get beamed up to Neptune
Someone said if you stand under the waterfall spray, you might get beamed up to Neptune
I wasn't beamed up, but I did see this very etheral view of the cosmos
I wasn't beamed up, but I did see this very etheral view of the cosmos		 Back at Havasupai Falls for a rousing game of something or another
Back at Havasupai Falls for a rousing game of something or another		 Here's the gameboard
Here's the gameboard		 Wolf and my hand
Wolf and my hand
The next morning
The next morning		 Tom dwarfed by Havasupai Falls
Tom dwarfed by Havasupai Falls		 The stump bridge
The stump bridge		 Prickly pear blossom
Prickly pear blossom
Heading back down to Mooney
Heading back down to Mooney		 The path down the cliff to Mooney
The path down the cliff to Mooney		 Michelle and her waterfall
Michelle and her waterfall		 Michelle making a splash
Michelle making a splash
Nowhere else on earth looks like this
Nowhere else on earth looks like this		 Or this
Or this		 Or this
Or this		 The waterfall with seep that I tried getting beamed up yesterday from
The waterfall with seep that I tried getting beamed up yesterday from
Wolf and his woman minutes before the big moment
Wolf and his woman minutes before the big moment		 Wolf asked that I capture 'the moment' but had to do it from afar with a zoom
Wolf asked that I capture 'the moment' but had to do it from afar with a zoom		 Further downstream
Further downstream		 Bamboo-ish-ness
Bamboo-ish-ness
More baby waterfalls
More baby waterfalls		 Towering above a baby waterfall
Towering above a baby waterfall		 I took a trail above the creek through this amazing 4 ft high thicket...scared a bunch of animals during the walk
I took a trail above the creek through this amazing 4 ft high thicket...scared a bunch of animals during the walk		 More turquoise water
More turquoise water
Green and black
Green and black		 A particularily beautiful spot..afternoon sun doesn't hit this area due to the high cliffs
A particularily beautiful spot..afternoon sun doesn't hit this area due to the high cliffs		 The rope swing...was fun but I kept swinging back into a tree
The rope swing...was fun but I kept swinging back into a tree		 Waterfalls and greenery
Waterfalls and greenery
Another shot from the same general location
Another shot from the same general location		 Meanwhile, back at camp Michelle has an announcement and this new finger adornment
Meanwhile, back at camp Michelle has an announcement and this new finger adornment		 Cooking without using the left hand
Cooking without using the left hand		 Exploring the cave
Exploring the cave
Climbing to the jump-off spot
Climbing to the jump-off spot		 Michelle's dive
Michelle's dive		 Our awesome impromptu yoga instructors
Our awesome impromptu yoga instructors		 Sandwiched by yoga instructors
Sandwiched by yoga instructors
My birthday combined with Wolf and Michelle's engagement celebration cake
My birthday combined with Wolf and Michelle's engagement celebration cake		 Mooning Mooney 2010
Mooning Mooney 2010		 Supai on the morning hike out
Supai on the morning hike out		 Following the creekbed out
Following the creekbed out
Rocks naturally find outcrops to nest in
Rocks naturally find outcrops to nest in		 More with the same idea
More with the same idea		 A long way up
A long way up		 Heart rock - mine broke...looking for a new one
Heart rock - mine broke...looking for a new one
Obviously trash ripped open from mule train trashbag...this wasn't all that uncommon unfortunately
Obviously trash ripped open from mule train trashbag...this wasn't all that uncommon unfortunately		 4000 people a year die of heatstroke on the way out look just like this guy
4000 people a year die of heatstroke on the way out look just like this guy		 The happy couple-to-be
The happy couple-to-be
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Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)04-Jun-2011 16:33
Great gallery.VVV
Paolo
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