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Patrick photographing from the South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Alaska.

Janine and I, along with fellow Alaska photographer Patrick Endres just got back from a wonderful couple nights backpacking in the bottom of the Grand Canyon.  We had a wonderful, wide range of weather including rain – it is actually snowing a bit today as I write this.  This was from the evening before – way down in the distance you can actually see Bright Angel Canyon, the location of our campground.  I’ll post more images as I have internet.

Bright Angel Campground along Bright Angel Creek, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.

Well after such a busy winter, it was really nice to have a whole month at home!  It went way too fast!

Tomorrow I begin a fun, busy stretch of travel.  I begin with a week in Cordova helping out a with a couple of photo tours during the shorebird migration.  I’m home for a day before flying to Arizona where we are going to meet up with a good friend and fellow photographer from Fairbanks for some backpacking in the Zion and the Grand Canyon.  We were able to obtain permits for Bright Angel Campground pictured above from a trip two years ago – I can’t wait to go back!

Then in June I’m back in Alaska for a trip across the state to the North Slope.  Followed by my bear tour and a trip into Prince William Sound.  So, I’ll post when I can, but I may miss blocks of time due to lack of internet.  In the meantime, here are photo from our last Grand Canyon trip.

Janine at Havasu Falls, Arizona.

Janine at Havasu Falls, Arizona.  This is definitely one of my favorite hikes ever!

Havasu Falls, Havasupai Indian Reservation, Arizona.

This is the view from the trail – so imagine this, ten miles of a hot, dusty backpack across the desert and then come over a small mesa to see this!  It really is an amazing sight.  The only thing better then seeing this, is dropping your backpack and swimming into those refreshing waters!

This is on the Havasupai Indian Reservation.  Havasupai means “people of the blue green water”.  Pretty accurate description if you ask me.

Mooney Falls, Havasupai Indian Reservation, Arizona.

I haven’t had a chance to share this image from our backpacking trip – of all the beautiful waterfalls we were camped by, Mooney Falls has to be the most impressive.  For a sense of scale, look for Janine in the upper right corner.

Janine at Upper Navajo Falls, Grand Canyon, Arizona.

Janine last week at Upper Navajo Falls, Grand Canyon, Arizona.  This is a rare Sunday post since we were able to obtain hard to get back-country permits for the West Rim Trail in Zion!  So re-packing the backpacks, and heading back out for a couple of days in the morning!

Upper Navajo Falls, Grand canyon, Arizona.

A small portion of Upper Navajo Falls.  This waterfall was formed after the flooding in 2008.