Getting a lot of rain late this year.
Followed by the gift of a rainbow.
Cleared and provided a marvelous sunset show.
Now snow predicted.
Havasu Creek was a busy place compared to our previous stop at Matkatamiba.
We tied up downstream a ways and later the crowd cleared out.
Havasu creek is well-known for its blue-green color…
…and travertine formations due to large amounts of calcium carbonate in the water.
People of the blue-green water, the Havasupai have called Grand Canyon home for about 800 years.
The Havasupai people still live in the canyon, farming on a flood plain about 8.5 miles from the Colorado River in Cataract Canyon. Yet tourism is the primary source of revenue for the tribe.
We had the lower pools to ourselves and thoroughly enjoyed the 70 degree water after the 50 degree Colorado River.
Several miles upstream magnificent waterfalls can be seen. I hiked down to Havasu Falls with a fellow Ranger in April 2010.
But this day, we returned to the river, and counting sheep along the way.
I’ve been so busy this summer and have so much to post about that I can’t seem to catch up. So here’s a few images from the days of summer, with more to follow.
Colorado River Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Canyon view from Nankoweap trailhead
Many drives through the Painted desert
Massive storms over the canyon
Drives through Kaibab National Forest
Navajo Bridge over Marble Canyon
Fall aspen
Only two weeks left to my season at Grand Canyon. Then off on a road trip.