This week's photo feature is probably not the most pleasant thing to look at. So here are some more photos that my friend Rob Lieb took during our journey down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon this past August 27-September 11.
Every day we watched the sunlight go through its dance routine with the canyon walls.
This is one of the many side canyons... I'm not sure which one. It could be Havasu Canyon, where we stopped on Day 11.
The ingredients of the typical Grand Canyon vista: water, mud, sand, riverbank grasses, rock, and sky.
The drainage patterns of the Plateau Province are strikingly different from those I'm familiar with east of the Mississippi, where I've lived my whole life. The tributary creeks enter the Grand Canyon through cracks big and small.
For much of the second half of our trip, the Colorado River ran brown with an infusion of muddy water from the Little Colorado.
J.D. Terry, a Missourian now living in Mammoth Lakes, California, was steady as a rock oaring his boat downriver.
I believe this is Matkatamiba Canyon, where we stopped for a side hike on Day 10.
Redwall Cavern is one of the more memorable features of the Grand Canyon. It's a big cave with a soft sandy floor right alongside the river. Amelia Taylor, Genevieve Verrastro, and Emily Cox enjoy a break from running the river. Daniel Cox, Kaylin Owens, and Wiik Ingle toss the frisbee back yonder.
I'm not sure the Grand Canyon is ever quite as peaceful as it looks in photos like this one, but we did enjoy lots of blue sky and white puffy clouds against the red and brown canyon walls.
Nathan Rakestraw of Erwin, Tennessee, is eager to get going on our trip's first day.
Rob shows us the BUCKING BRONCO RIDE that every Grand Canyon river-runner is in for!
AND... that's enough for now. I have many more of Rob's photos and I'll share more later. "Later" could mean tomorrow, next week, next month, next year...
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