The Grand Canyon adventure has come to an end. My fourteen-member party reached the takeout at Diamond Creek this morning. It took us a few hours to load our gear on the outfitter's trailer and make the trip back to Flagstaff. Now I'm relaxing in an Air B&B in Flagstaff before heading back toward home tomorrow.
I'll have much to say about the trip later, and lots of photos and videos to share. But these things will probably come out in dribs and drabs, given all the many things I must catch up on back in civilization.
For now I'll just say that the trip was just about everything I'd expected. I expected the Grand Canyon to be beautiful, inspiring, awesome, and majestic, and it was. I also expected the trip to be exhausting and physically demanding, and it was that, too.
I figured that traversing the canyon with thirteen other people, many of whom I'd never met and probably didn't have a lot in common with, would feel like a challenge at times. But for the most part I enjoyed their company, and most importantly, I was able to experience the canyon my way, on my terms. I can't recall doing anything I didn't want to just because I was outnumbered in the group.
I am dead-dog tired and fixing to go sleep a very long time. I'll have more here later, I promise.
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