I took my grandsons rafting down that same river. It’s simply amazing. It was so still at night under the stars and I have never been anywhere where they were so bright. We also did the donkey trip to the bottom of the Canyon.
We visit some portion of the Grand Canyon at least once a year. I dislike the Feds control over these areas but, in contrast to all the other opinions expressed thus far, to allow the area to be commercialized is, IMO, a travesty. One of the things I do not want to see at the Grand Canyon, for example, is a tat parlor and, given today’s political climate there would be no way to keep them out.
” We also did the donkey trip to the bottom of the canyon”
I wouldn’t do that for a billion dollars (the fear of heights thing.)
When I was in Molokai friends rode on mules down to the Kalaupapa peninsula but I was perfectly happy staying on the overlook.
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