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Nice report, nice photos. It brings back great memories of our trip there last May. We visited the North Rim, ate at the lodge (and actually got a room there just walking up to the front desk), and then drove out to Cape Royal the next day, then to the Desert Pearl hotel before our top down...

Very nice place to have your first western backpacking experience.

Nice trip and report. Gorgeous photos. Love those views from "&" Mountain.

Beautiful photos and great report. We made our first ever visit to the area on May 23 driving around Island in the Sky and hiking to False Kiva before renting a canoe and spending 6 days on the Green River visiting a few places (Anderson Bottom, Spanish Bottom, and the Dollhouse). It's cool to...

Excellent report. Looks like it was a wonderful and relaxing time. Great that you got to see that sweet waterfall.

In other news - I'm hopping on a freaking plane tomorrow afternoon and will be in Grand Junction by evening and Canyonlands by Saturday morning.

Well, I'm a big fan of Steve Levitt, but I don't mind tipping for good service when the employee is making service industry wages which rely on tips to reach minimum wage. I can see both sides -- reliance on gratuities should encourage good service. But I don't subscribe to the view that you...

We're just getting a shuttle to Mineral Bottom and a pick up at Spanish Bottom. Thanks for y'all's advice. I think $5 each way for my wife and I should cover it.

Matt - I tried to follow and it looks like you went north from Horse Canyon on that bench below the rim all the way up nearly to Turk's head. Are you familiar with the shortcut up form the river to the bench above Horse Canyon identified by Kelsey in his Canyonlands book? I was wondering what...

Nice photos and report. Love the random balanced rock.

This is almost embarrassing to ask, but what is proper gratuity etiquette for shuttle drivers? Do they expect a couple bucks tip for carrying you and your stuff to the drop off point and/or shuttling you back? We are going to Canyonlands starting tomorrow and canoeing down the Green River. I...

Nice report. I'm trying to get to the Smokies this fall to do some hiking. This is a new area to me - we mostly come from the west side - looks like a great area to check out.

We are renting a canoe from Tex's Riverways, and plan to hike in the mornings and evenings, and spend the heat of the day on the water where we can at least cool off.

Thanks for the inspiring report and gorgeous pics. My first trip to that area of the world begins in one week. We are taking 6 days to explore a sliver of the area by canoe and foot. My body aches to get out there. I find it hard to focus on much else. Your report makes me feel I'm already there.

I don't think you will need wet suits for the Narrows. We didn't use dry sacks. We just lined our backpacks with black plastic garbage bags. You can probably figure a mile an hour average for the Narrows unless you want to rush it. The first 3 miles can go really fast, but once you get to the...

Beautiful photos and great report. It's like an oasis tucked tucked into a gorgeous canyon. Looks like Max and friends had a fun time.

Alaska is like a whole 'nuther place. We are already trying to make plans to get back up there to do some more in-depth exploring. You just need to make the time to go. You will not be disappointed.

In September of 2013 we made our first trip to Alaska. We arrived in Anchorage and drove down to Seward in a rental RV. Our plan for the first full day was to hike Exit Glacier up to the Harding Ice Field, but the weather called for rain and fog all day, which would defeat the purpose of hiking...

Excellent scenery well captured. Every day my southern Utah trip gets closer and I get more restless and excited, especially after reading all y'all's reports.

What I don't like is the adjudication of "preparedness." If they are going to have a law that you have to pay for rescue if you don't buy a Hike Safe card, then the end of the inquiry should be did he buy one or not. It just wastes judicial resources and taxpayers' money for a court to have to...