I didn't mean to take this video, but it's a good preview of the picture after it.
Here's our first camping spot.
One of my favorite things about this trip was going around bends like the one in this picture while lying down and looking straight up at the huge cliffs towering over us as they slowly drifted past (the cliffs got much bigger than this one).
There were quite a few side canyons where we could paddle up a small creek for a ways and do a little exploring.
Most of this trip was a nice peaceful float... which is quite the change from our usual adventures when we get together.
Of course, we did get out and hike some...
The following two picture were taken from the same spot - if I remember right, I didn't even move my feet.
This section we floated on day 2...
and this section we floated on day 3.
See the notch just below the cliff on the right side of this next picture? That's where the last two pictures were taken from. This picture was taken the next day and nine miles later.
(Bryce, do you remember the river miles... I just made that number up)
If none of what I've just said makes sense, look at this picture... from SPACE.
(no, I didn't take this one)
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If you can't see the geese, click to embiggen.
One of the coolest things about this trip was the wildlife. We saw quite a few groups of geese and some blue herons. There were millions of cicadas chirping in the trees plus the ones floating down the river with us. And there were billions of mosquitoes. They didn't follow you into the river, but once you got on shore, oh man. And there were tons of bats feasting. They were really cool, circling around us and diving right at Bryce's face.
Alright Bryce, there's the pictures, it's your job to tell the stories and make people realize how cool the cicadas were.
