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Posted in Arizona on Apr 30th, 2009
“Was it scary?” my friend and co-blogger, Chrissy, asked me when I returned to the office on Monday after a weekend whitewater river rafting trip down the Class III/Class IV Upper Salt River. “Nope. Not scary at all. It was thrilling!”
Thrilling, exhilarating, heart-pounding; these are the words I use to describe my first-ever river rafting [...]
Posted in Arizona on Oct 10th, 2006
Bob and Ellie Haan, Lafayette, took a whitewater raft trip on the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon Aug. 16 through 26.
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A rafting trip through the Grand Canyon was something my wife and I had dreamed about for years. On two different occasions, I had hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and back [...]
Posted in Arizona on Oct 3rd, 2006
New lottery replaces the up-to-10-year waiting list for Colorado River trips
Grand Canyon National Park on Oct. 1 will start taking applications for self-guided rafting permits on the Colorado River, using a new lottery that replaces a 26-year-old wait-list system.
The lottery will allocate permits for private trips as opposed to those run by commercial outfitters. Private, [...]
Posted in Arizona on May 27th, 2006
Question: My husband and I would like to take a whitewater rafting trip through the Grand Canyon. Any advice on short hikes and travel, including a scenic flight to/from Las Vegas?
Arizona Travel says: When it comes to raft trips down the Grand Canyon’s Colorado River, ask yourself whether you want to go by arm or [...]
Posted in Arizona on Apr 17th, 2006
More people will be able to raft the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon each year under a new management plan adopted by the U.S. National Park Service.More rafters will be shifted to fall, winter and spring months while the number of daily summertime launches of both motorized and non-motorized commercial rafts will decrease.
While rafters [...]
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