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Day 1 On the bus from Flagstaff to Lee's Ferry
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Day 1 The old and new Navajo Bridges
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Day 1 The water is so clear here in the Colorado River that you can see the pattern of rock strata on the bottom
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Day 1 A Claifornia condor stretches its wings on the girderwork
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Day 1 Unloading the gear from the bus
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Day 1 Loading the gear into the two rafts
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Day 1 Trip leader Laura explains some procedures to us. She also pilots the lead raft.
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Day 1 A popular way to cool off!
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Day 1 Nate is the pilot of the second raft
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Day 1 Jake is our swamper
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Day 1 Our first stop is in sight of the Navajo Bridges
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Day 1 Passing under the Navajo Bridges
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Day 1 The lead raft approaches a small rapids
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Day 1 We saw lots (lots!) of interesting rock formations and I took lots of pictures of them
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Day 1 The nearly full moon rises over the canyon wall
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Day 1 Unloading the gear to make camp on the first night.
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Day 1 Relaxing at our first camp
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Day 2
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Day 2 In the late afternoon, we set up camp and then hiked up to a small waterfall
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