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Troop 373 Grand Canyon Backpacking Trip to Havasupai Falls Fall Break October 2007

Paradise in the Grand Canyon was the adventure of a lifetime.  14 from Troop 373 spent fall break 2007 visiting the Havasupai Indian reservation in Arizona.  We drove 1800 miles round trip and backpacked 10 miles into the Grand Canyon thru the Indian village of Supai, AZ.  We camped along the most beautiful clear blue river and explored and went swimming in the world famous Havasupai Falls, Mooney Falls, Navaho Falls.  This is a very special place to visit and we all will have memories for the rest of our lives.  Imagine hiking in the Arizona desert and reaching a 120 foot and a 200 foot waterfall with clear blue water with moss and ferns everywhere.  It seems so out of place that you can just imagine what the early explorers and native tribal members must have felt when they reached this paradise.  Our group traveled thru western Colorado, thru Moab, Utah to camp in Bluff Utah.  We camped in Utah where the Indians had carved Petroglyphs into the rock formations.  Next day we drove thru Monument Valley to the south rim of the Grand Canyon. We camped at the top of the Havasupai Falls trail and spent 5 days on the Indian reservation exploring the canyons and beautiful scenery.  What an adventure Devin Brunke coordinated.

(Campsite-Outfitter Guide Service to Havasupai Falls)	Troop 373 Scouts wished this was their campsite!!!!

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