White Water Rafting Down the Colorado
Our first adventure in Arizona was white water rafting down the Colorado River. This wasn’t like normal white water rafting – we were in a giant boat that actually had a motor. It was a 10 hour trip where we got to stop for lunch, as well as stopping for a waterfall halfway through the trip. The only inflatable part of the boat were two points sticking out the front of the boat to make sure that we didn’t hit into anything. The rapids went up to a level 9 or 10, and our tour guide told us about each before we went over them.
This rafting wasn’t just about the rapids. Our tour guide knew everything about the river, and explained it very well. He pointed out where miners had been on the river and we were able to see the beds they had created from the rocks, and where they had set off TNT to see if there could be a dam on the river. Our instructor explained that since the dam would have cut off water supplies to a nearby Native Nation, the Navajo people fought against it and won. We were able to look at the Grand Canyon Skywalk from the river, but it was so hard to spot that I would have missed it if it hadn’t been pointed out. The rock formations and where lava had filled in cracks was a really cool geological factor on the river. The list goes on, the only disappointing factor was that it was hard to get pictures of it without risking my phone.
In order to see the waterfall, we needed to hike to it. There were ropes / ladders that we had to climb up. We didn’t get many good pictures of it, but it was an amazing part of the trip as well. The rapids soaked us too!
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Hi Sam!
Your trip looks like it was excellent. I would like to get out there some time. I really like the idea of this rafting trip to mix the excitement with rafting with the history of the space. I have heard of the Grand Canyon Skywalk, but I do not think I could go out on it. Seeing it from below, would you?