Grand Canyon - Day 1 - Wednesday 4/21/21
Our Grand Canyon trip began with a 3:00AM wake up call in Las Vegas, followed by a Grab & Go breakfast and a shuttle ride to Bolder City Airport (BLD) and a short flight over Lake Meade and to the south of the canyon to Marble Canyon Air Strip (MYH). We put in a Lee’s Ferry (0 Mile) with our guides: Joe, Lauren, Macay (mah-k-eye), and Dan. The trip started with a few riffles at 1 through 6 Miles, bringing us to Badger Creek & Soap Creek Rapids. I rode out front on the “rack” as opposed to the Princess Seats or the Chicken Coup. No one could ride in the mouse trap during rapids (area between the big metal storage lockers), nor the stern of the boat that was reserved for the Guides who piloted the J-rig raft (named for Jack Currey a founder of WRE). At 13 Mile Rapid we stopped at the Ledge to make introductions by meeting the 30 guests and 4 crew. Guests included 4 physicians and 2 CPAs among a variety of other occupations. There were husbands & wives, mothers & daughters...