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Arizona
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Karen
& Jim's Guide to the Grand Canyon, Havasu Falls, and Sedona
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Leaving Supai
After
three nights in Havasu Canyon our stay was at its end. The
previous day we'd arranged for three horses to carry our luggage
and us out of the canyon to Hualapai Hilltop. You're allowed
to take a daypack on your horse weighing up to 10 pounds.
Since we had nearly fifty pounds of clothing and gear we had
to hire a third horse for our stuff. Our guide, who never
offered his name, arrived outside the lodge with our horses
around 8:30 AM.
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Havasu Creek |
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Walls
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After
securing our gear on one of his pack horses, our guide helped
us saddle up and we were on our way. He had us lead the way,
so that he could keep an eye on us. He urged us to spur our
horses on and keep up a trotting pace. This wasn't as easy
as you'd think; since the horses weren't the most cooperative
steeds we'd ever ridden.
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My
horse, the unruly stallion, repeatedly tried to stray toward
the edge of the trail in order to drag me by trees and bushes
with thorns in an effort to scrape me off the saddle. I pulled
on the reins to return him to the trail, but he never seemed
to tire of this little game. Karen's horse was a more laid
back mare. She was sometimes in competition with my horse
to decide which one should be in front.
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Walls of Havasu Canyon as seen through
the branches of a cottonwood tree |
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Karen heading toward Hualapai Hilltop
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However,
once I got a little bit ahead of her she decided she'd had
enough and her pace shifted to the decidedly pedestrian.
Or, should that have been equestrian?
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