July 8-16 Grand Canyon Tour - Whole Experience Blog

View from Helicopter (ride out, day 9)

In July, I had the unique opportunity to spend 9 days in Arizona, 7 of which were floating down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon.  I am grateful to Canyon Ministries for the invitation, and to the trip leaders (including Arizona River Runners!) for the absolutely outstanding experience.  Over the past three weeks I have shared bite-sized chunks of the experience.  Today I want to put the whole experience journal into one big blog entry, with some of the best pictures from the experience.  Enjoy the one-stop shop for an incredible once-in-a-lifetime experience of the Grand Canyon from river level.

July 8-16 Grand Canyon Tour: Post #1 (July 8)

In July, I had the unique opportunity to spend 9 days in Arizona, 7 of which were floating down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon.  I am grateful to Canyon Ministries for the invitation, and to the trip leaders (including Arizona River Runners!) for the absolutely outstanding experience.  I'd like to take the next little while to blog through the adventure.  Bite-sized chunks ... I hope you enjoy them.  All of the posts are transcribed from my hand-written journal that I kept while on the trip.  I tried to take time during lunch breaks, evening camps, and various other times to record thoughts and impressions - I'm presenting them here in unaltered and unvarnished fashion.  My first post will be quite short, just to get into the trip; some later posts will be quite lengthy.

July 8, 2018, 2:50PM MST

(my new Grand Canyon hat!  Clean now ...)