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| Day 7 More big-horn sheep
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| Day 7 Pretty clearly a lava flow!
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| Day 7 A cidada on a branch. We heard these along the whole trip, even from the middle of the river, but they were particularly loud at this stop. |
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| Day 7 We paused for some watermellon here!
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| Day 7 My ankles and feet have swelled up because of the heat, probably over 100-degrees every day. They were back to normal a couple of days after leaving the canyon.
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| Day 8 We landed at Diamond Creek about 10 am, unloaded the gear and watched the rafts being loaded for transport back upstream to Lee's Ferry.
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| Day 8 Stopping for a cold refreshment on the bus ride back to Flagstaff
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| The next day, monoon rains pour into the canyon near sunset as seen from the North Rim. We were lucky to not have any rain on our trip!
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| The Grand Canyon from the North Rim early in the morning.
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