breakfast fresh melon, salad, french toast and left over steak
lunch Dolmas (Greek rice rolled in grape leaves) sandwich avocados on whole grain; pocket pita filled with salad
dinner stuffed pork, great salad and grits (fantastic!!)
We had an early start with breakfast prepared in the dark by the fine AzRa crew
07:22 fresh water setup filter system photos - ganged two "whole house" sized filters using a deep discharge marine battery that lasts the whole trip
07:52 we board the boats for the brief ride from our Nanko upper camp to the main Nanko beach for a hike up to the Nankoweap Graneries
08:19 Nanko beach preparing to hike up to the graneries
looking down on the trail (and downriver) from the graneries
group at graneries
SarolGay and Tabitha
Joe Ferdinand and Gary Stock
Michele Liou
Dennis Smoldt
Ty Powers and Edmund Ferdinand
Ty Powers and Edmund Ferdinand with group
We hike back to the boats, board and head on downriver
10:20 BA exposure
10:21 BA Exposure with river deposit on top
we stop anyway and look at the LCR
we proceed downriver to Carbon beach where we will have lunch and prepare to hike up Carbon, down the Chuar Valey to and out Lava Canyon - the boats will be rafted downriver without us
12:59 lunch table with sun umbrella
12:59 Stromatolite on Carbon Beach
13:10 another Stromatolite note the concentric circles from layers of deposits
14:14 bottom of big slide we are going to climb up to access hanging Tapeats slot
14:22 soon we top out - notice just how steep the slide was
14:24 incredible view
14:30 we are all in the Tapeats slot canyon and proceed to its end
14:36 first sight of Butte Fault
14:40 Temple Butte above Butte Fault
14:41 Chuar Valley Supergroup Deposits with North Rim in background
14:41 Temple Butte over Butte Fault
we take a break in the shade at the end of the Tapeats slot - before entering Chuar Valley - we need to give time to the boat crew who rafted downriver and the rest was welcome.
as usual for downtime - a hacky sack game (aka footbag game) breaks out - can you spot the hacky sack below in the air?
14:55 SarolGay relaxing
14:55 Tabitha
25:13 fossil mudcracks
15:21 brightly coloured carbonate deposits
15:26 descending into Lava Canyon
15:36 hiking on and thru Dox
16:05 we soon reach the water at Lava Canyon Rapid - across the river is the Lava Canyon Rapid sentinel - Cardenas Lava topped with Tapeats
18:03 dinner cleanup
18:07 obligatory groover photo
18:07 view from groover
18:07 Lava Camp views are great!
looking down on the trail (and downriver) from the graneries
group at graneries
SarolGay and Tabitha
Joe Ferdinand and Gary Stock
Michele Liou
Dennis Smoldt
Ty Powers and Edmund Ferdinand
Ty Powers and Edmund Ferdinand with group
09:03 Sarol Gay, James Rayment and Gary Stock
We hike back to the boats, board and head on downriver
We hike back to the boats, board and head on downriver
10:20 BA exposure
10:21 BA Exposure with river deposit on top
11:45 LCR running muddy - real muddy with silt bar visible
we stop anyway and look at the LCR
we proceed downriver to Carbon beach where we will have lunch and prepare to hike up Carbon, down the Chuar Valey to and out Lava Canyon - the boats will be rafted downriver without us
12:59 lunch table with sun umbrella
12:59 Stromatolite on Carbon Beach
13:10 another Stromatolite note the concentric circles from layers of deposits
14:14 bottom of big slide we are going to climb up to access hanging Tapeats slot
14:22 soon we top out - notice just how steep the slide was
14:24 incredible view
14:30 we are all in the Tapeats slot canyon and proceed to its end
14:36 first sight of Butte Fault
14:40 Temple Butte above Butte Fault
14:41 Chuar Valley Supergroup Deposits with North Rim in background
14:41 Temple Butte over Butte Fault
we take a break in the shade at the end of the Tapeats slot - before entering Chuar Valley - we need to give time to the boat crew who rafted downriver and the rest was welcome.
as usual for downtime - a hacky sack game (aka footbag game) breaks out - can you spot the hacky sack below in the air?
14:55 SarolGay relaxing
14:55 Tabitha
15:00 Chuar Valley hike - hiking on Supergroup deposits
25:13 fossil mudcracks
15:21 brightly coloured carbonate deposits
15:26 descending into Lava Canyon
15:36 hiking on and thru Dox
16:05 we soon reach the water at Lava Canyon Rapid - across the river is the Lava Canyon Rapid sentinel - Cardenas Lava topped with Tapeats
we are camping here at Lava beach and unload the boats, pick out campsites and setup camp and have dinner
18:02 boats tied up at Lava Beach
18:03 dinner cleanup
18:07 obligatory groover photo
18:07 view from groover
18:07 Lava Camp views are great!
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