Hopefully, Paul will carve some time to post a few pictures and archive some of his memories of the experience in his blog. Until then, the shutterfly site has some selected pictures — (warning: the album starts with two of Kate… we needed to print a picture for school and I forgot to sort them out) — and only has 80 or so of the 3000+ they took. The pictures on the site are ones that I quickly chose to send with Will for show-and-tell on Monday, and as a result, they heavily feature Paul. Once the bulk are up, I’ll post the link.
At risk of leaving spoilers, here are a few of my favorite stories:
— Hiking up to the Granaries (the guides’ “test”) and the view
— Putting life jackets on like diapers to float down the Little Colorado River, which looked like Willy Wonka’s chocolate pool due to a recent flash flood
— Terrifying 40 or so feet of super narrow slick rock against a tumble-to-your-death chasm to get to upper Deer Creek (I think I would bow out of this one… yikes!)
— Rainbow at the waterfall at lower Deer Creek
— Seeing a “sun dog,” a huge rainbow in a circle around the sun. I never even knew there was such a thing!
— Finding out that the “swamper” (assistant to one of the guides… in this case, her husband) was a long-time flyer for FedEx and knows Melanie’s Dad.
— Hearing that Havasu Creek is really as bright blue and lush as the pictures… “it was like Fantasy Island”
— All three jumping off the high point (about 30′) above Pumpkin Springs, together, into the 55 degree water below
— Learning that my Dad did EVERY hike, waterfall jump, and whatever other activity there was to offer (go Dad!)
— Campfire stories and bonding with new and interesting people while floating down the river
— Hearing Paul say, “It was just how you describe being abroad when I’m not there: all I could think was how I wished you were there and how excited I was in thinking about when we could come back to share it all together.”
Emily | 04-Jun-07 at 9:31 am | Permalink
Hey Holly & Crew 🙂
Thank you so much for sharing the photos so quickly! I’ve heard stories from Tim, but they were still so abstract without the *amazing* visuals! What an incredible adventure and a fun thing to share! I can’t wait to see the rest!
Cold Spaghetti | 04-Jun-07 at 1:09 pm | Permalink
Paul is putting up an archive of everything. Many of the photographs are fantastic… I’m excited for them to all be up!