A Third Trip to Havasupai – Day 2

Russell started off the morning with the continental breakfast offered by the Lodge. 🙂

 

Going to Havasupai in September the weather was much nicer in the mornings.

Preparing to have devotions before hiking out for the day.

 

 

Parts of Navajo Falls had changed. The reeds were very thick and tall in some areas. We are wondering if they die out in the winter and come back in the summer because we’ve never seen so many here. In another post I’ll show you more of Navajo Falls because we didn’t stop here on this day for long. Our main goal was to hike 5.5 miles one way to Beaver Falls, so we kept going.

 

Can you imagine a gorgeous waterfall in the middle of these huge rock outcroppings?

 

 

 

The water really is that blue!

 

There were many butterflies to be seen but I have no picture of them.

I thought these might be butterflies in the making but I’m told they could be a destructive worm. Any thoughts?

 

Going through two caves to reach Mooney Falls…

 

 

 

…before descending the “steps” while holding onto chains.

There are areas where the steps aren’t so close together, so it can be a little unnerving.

 

And believe it or not I don’t have any pictures of Mooney Falls this year.

Leaving Mooney Falls we continued on, making several water crossings as we traveled on with Beaver Creek as our destination.

 

The hike to Beaver Falls was gorgeous. This was Russell’s and my first time to go there and we now know it’s a must if you go to Havasupai.

The path went through a multitude of vines – so beautiful. The girls climbed up to the top of a rock covered with vines.

 

 

 

Pretty orange bird that made me feel like I was in the tropics.

 

An orange dragon fly.

 

 

 

 

Then we came upon this palm tree and through the short tunnel you could see the blue water on the other side.  Now I felt like I was really in the tropics!

 

 

More ladders to climb.

 

 

 

Finally after hiking 5.5 miles, we reached our destination. Close to Beaver Falls, this is where the kids do their cliff jumping… if they have enough courage. It’s a 40-50′ jump and landing wrong proved to be rather painful with bruises to show for it… or a black eye.

 

Hiking back we took the road less traveled… haha

 

The views never disappoint.

 

This very day there were some who put in a 14 hour day hiking all the way to the confluence of the Colorado River. Along the way they saw Rocky Mountain Sheep and were able to get some beautiful pictures which I don’t have. Sorry.

The rest of us had a little more leisure that night resting our tired bodies before they ever showed up.

 

Miles hiked for me thus far on the trip: 19 miles

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