![Mt Sheep hiding in brush Colorado River trip GRCA NP AZ Mt Sheep hiding in brush Colorado River trip Grand Canyon National Park Arizona](https://lh5.ggpht.com/-TRw8v5LPYyk/TpBZyKAsAyI/AAAAAAAAJnM/pQyCTf6uYKc/01-Mt-Sheep-hiding-in-brush-Colorado%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800)
After playing in Havasu Creek it was time to get to work which meant counting sheep while rafting the Colorado River. Yes, those are really Mountain Sheep being pointed at. Two of them hiding in the brush.
![Mt Sheep along bank Colorado River trip GRCA NP AZ Mt Sheep along bank Colorado River trip Grand Canyon National Park Arizona](https://lh3.ggpht.com/-gFi23WwReEw/TpBZzGuqsYI/AAAAAAAAJnU/oUvE2YSoHro/02-Mt-Sheep-along-bank-Colorado-Rive%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800)
Here’s a better view.
![Mt Sheep Colorado River trip GRCA NP AZ Mt Sheep Colorado River trip Grand Canyon National Park Arizona](https://lh5.ggpht.com/-VGt5VGQwl40/TpBZ0KuU9MI/AAAAAAAAJnc/mSshAP5CJHM/03-Mt-Sheep-Colorado-River-trip-GRCA%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800)
And yet another. We counted 35 sheep along the river.
![Cragy canyon wall Colorado River trip GRCA NP AZ Cragy canyon wall Colorado River trip Grand Canyon National Park Arizona](https://lh5.ggpht.com/-wAfZUOXTf58/TpBZ1Jwo_YI/AAAAAAAAJnk/Sx1awW_ziYY/04-Cragy-canyon-wall-Colorado-River-%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800)
OK, so it’s not a Mountain Sheep, just an interesting craggy rock towering above the Colorado River. But it certainly distracted me from thinking of Lava Falls rapid up ahead.