Most people only get to Expierence the Grand Canyon from the overlooks at the South Rim or the North Rim.I have been Lucky I have rafted 192 miles of it from Lees Ferry to Whitmore Wash . Here are some facts about the Grand Canyon: the depth of the river is inches to about 100ft.;the width is 76ft.at mile136 to750ft at mile 193;water temp when released at Glen Canyon Dam is 46 degrees and only reaches 60 degrees at Lake Mead;the river travels at about 3 to 10 mph most of the time;it drops a total of1709 ft in 279 miles 8 ft.p/m 25 times that of the Miss.river;river flow is measured in c.f.s or cubic feet per second;lowest documented flow since the Glen Canyon dam was built is 1000c.f.s. in 1977 the highest is 93;000c.f.s. in 1983. Here is the view I had on my trips. hope you enjoy the pictures. I will post these in 2 or 3 posts a total of 46 pictures. the first trip was in sept 1988 Lees Ferry to Bright Angel Trail 88 miles.Then a 7 mile hike out.

Vassey's Paradise isn't east to photograph; the vegetation in the foreground makes for a busy photograph. I backpacked the South Bass trail in April and caught trout there, river mile 108. It's the farthest downstream I've ever tried to fish, but they were all small. Like the shot downstream from Nankoweap Rapid. I backpacked there 25 years ago and then did it again 2 years ago, but the exposure really got to me on the recent trip, and when I finished, I thought, never again! I ran the river at 60,000 cfs in 1983, but I went to the dam when they were running 90,000. The sandstone walls underfoot literally were shaking. It was quite unsettling.