Havasupai '08

The week of July 7th I went to Havasupai Indian Reservation in the Grand Canyon with the young men in our ward. I went with the Young Women in '04 and was eager to go again. It is about an 11 mile hike in, with the toughest part right at the beginning with 1.5 miles of very steep switchbacks. The first night we had to wait several times for some in the group to catch up so we ended up sleeping on the trail. We camped in a rocky area and I probably slept about 2 minutes the whole night. The next day we went through the village, paid our money and went into the campground. We found a great spot next to the river with plenty of room for everyone. The boys couldn't wait to go play in the falls and off they went. They talked a lot of trash about how fast they hiked in so it was kind of amusing when they returned and everyone of the boys fell asleep for most of the afternoon. We had a great week in one of the prettiest places on the planet. Maybe I'll get to go again in another 4 years.

Here is the trail head at hualapai hilltop.

This is the trail after the mile and a half of switch backs.

Jared and some of the boys halfway down the switch backs.

Havasu Falls. Yes its really that beautiful.

Looking down from the top of Havasu Falls.

Jared playing at the bottom of the falls.

This is what they did after they got back from playing the first day.

A group of boys heading down to Mooney Falls.

(Zoom in on the sign)

The way down is very steep. Hang on tight.

Jared's not afraid.

That little yellow speck in the middle of the

picture is our young mens president.


Mooney Falls. All 200 feet of it.

Most of the group at Mooney.

Brother Kuhle, Bishop Martin and Brother Magoffin.

Jared and I at the bottom of mooney.

A rope swing at the bottom of Mooney.

This little guy got into Brother Magoffins backpack while

we were playing and ate his bag of nuts.

Bro. Magoffin asked why I didn't chase him off. I did eventually

but felt the picture was worth more than his nuts.

Jared posed at one of the "ugly" spots.

Out of 230 pictures this is one of about 5 that I'm in.

Farther down river we found a much larger rope swing.

While hiking down river we came across these grape vines.

They were spread out as far as you could see. The boys whined

cried about the hike but it ended up being their best day as they

found an awesome cliff to jump off of.

One of my rare appearances at Navajo Falls.

A different angle of Navajo Falls.

Of course you have to jump off the falls.

This is our version of the Sea World dolphin show.

No telling who will drop in.