Moab Overview

Spirit of Adventure!

To: Locals of Flagstaff, AZ and Anyone Who is Willing and Able

For $1,000.00 + $12 National Park Entrance fee, you may participate on a 7 day full canyon trip to Lake Mead in the Grand Canyon departing August 9-15, 2009. To join this trip, payment in full will be due at the time of booking and, as per the outfitter's cancellation policy, is non-refundable. You will have to arrive the night of August 8, 2009 in Flagstaff for a 6:00pm orientation meeting at the Holiday Inn Express. This night's stay will be an additional cost. On August 9, you will board a bus at 6:00am for the two hour drive to your put in point at Lee's Ferry, river mile 0.

You will spend the next 7 days rafting and hiking side canyons as well as 6 nights camping beside the river. For your traveling convenience, you may rent camping equipment from the outfitter for $50.00 per sleep kit. On August 15, you will arrive at South Cove on Lake Mead, where you will take a bus back to the Holiday Inn in Flagstaff arriving between 4:00pm and 6:00pm.

If you have any questions regarding this trip or if you'd like to purchase a space on it, please contact us as soon as possible! www.rivers-oceans.com or 800-473-4576.

Adventure is waiting! The only thing missing is you!

Grand Canyon River Trip Deal!!!

Trip Type: 3 Day Upper Canyon Motor Trip
Trip Cost: $612 per person (normally $1,007 per person)
Trip Dates: July 12-14
Trip Details: You will have to be present at the Holiday Inn Express on Lucky Lane in Flagstaff the night of July 11, 2009 for a 6:00pm orientation meeting where you will receive your river equipment. On July 12, 2009 you will board a bus at the Holiday Inn Express at 6:00am for the 2 hour drive to Lee's Ferry, river mile 0 of the Grand Canyon.

You will spend the next 2 1/2 days rafting the first 88 miles of the canyon. In this section, you will hike to Native American ruins, stop at the famous Little Colorado, and run the full range of rapids on the Grand Canyon scale of 1 to 10.

On July 14, 2009 you will arrive at Phantom Ranch, river mile 88, early in the morning to begin your 9.5 mile hike out of the Canyon on the Bright Angel Trail. This hike takes about 4 to 8 hours depending upon your level and the outfitter's hiking guide will stay with the slowest member of the hiking party. The outiftter will provide you with hearty snacks, water, and electrolytes for the hike out.

If you regularly engage in some sort of physical labor or aerobic exercise at work or play, this hike is possible for you. However, physical conditioning and consistent exercise prior to your trip is essential. Be sure to concentrate on strengthening your leg muscles, calves, and quads to avoid extreme muscle fatigue often experienced toward the end of your hike.

If you're a local, you can have a family member/friend pick you up at the South Rim and drive you home when you're done hiking out. Otherwise it is recommended that you stay this night at the South Rim. Which will cost an addiitonal $85 to $360 depending upon what rooms are available.

Please contact Rivers & Oceans at info@rivers-oceans.com or 800-473-4576 for more details.

One-day whitewater rafting trip

Rafting Grand Canyon from Canyon Guide on Vimeo.

Western Section Grand Canyon Rafting

There is a 3-4 day motorized rafting trip in the Western section of the Grand Canyon. In addition, there are a few oar trips for this section; however, because there are only seven oar trips that launch per season in this section, which means they are often booked over a year in advance. Most trips in the Western section include a night at the Bar-ten Ranch a working family dude ranch in the remote Arizona strip area of Arizona, near the rim of the canyon. This section has frisky, wet rapids and the scenery is gorgeous, however, it is sometimes called the “Introductory section” of the canyon, as the more famous rapids are upstream, as well as longer hikes up spectacular side canyons. All these trips conveniently begin and end in Las Vegas and include a helicopter ride into the canyon. Prices range from $967 -$1459 for the motorized trips and there are several trips discounted this season! This video is a nice overview of the trip done by a person who did the trip.

John Wesley Powell turns 175

Happy Birthday Major!
Born March 24, 1834, John Weslwy Powell rambled around in his youth studying the natural sciences before joining the Union Army in the Civil War. After loosing his lower right arm in the Battle of Shilo he began his explorations of the American West in 1867 in the Rocky Mountains and along the Green and Colorado Rivers. On May 24, 1869 at the age of 35 and with a party of nine men, four boats and 10 months worth of food, they set out from Green River, Wyoming beginning his famous three month journey to explore record his findings, eventually running the Grand River (later the Colorado River) through the Grand Canyon. He made a second trip (ending the trip 144 miles into the Grand Canyon) in 1871. His work on the Geology, Ethnology and Native American languages of the region still stands as remarkable work of the day and in his paper The Arid Lands of the Southwest, his views on future water allocation in the region was visionary. He was the first director of the US Geological Survey and retired in 1894. He moved to his summer home in Haven, Maine where he died September 23, 1902. His accomplishments are still held in high esteem by river runners in the Grand Canyon and elsewhere. Join us on a trip into the Canyon to retrace his steps and experience the fun and beauty of this United Nations World Heritage Site, www.rivers-oceans.com. The picture is from the Powell Museum at Illinois Wesleyan University at Bloomingdale where Powell taught. He is dressed in a shirt of the Grand Canyon River Guides.