Grand Canyon Youth Benefits From AzRA Guests In 2008, on a sunny morning float on a Colorado River rafting trip, a provoking conversation took place among the guests in AzRA Guide Bill Mobley’s raft just above Diamond Creek. The guests were conversing over the fact they were going to throw out half-used bottles of sunscreen…
Carving Grand Canyon-A Book Review This award winning book, Carving Grand Canyon, is perfect for both geologists and tourists alike. Wayne Ranney’s broad, lucid and all-encompassing perspective of the Grand Canyon region is refreshingly unbiased. This is uncommon in a field where there are many passionate claims about the formation of Grand Canyon. Ranney likens…
Grand Canyon Photo Contest Every year, Arizona Raft Adventures holds a Grand Canyon Photo Contest. This years theme is “Inner Grand Canyon.” Raft participants and Grand Canyon photographers submit entries via Arizona Raft Adventures Facebook page or by email to info@azraft.com. Arizona Raft Adventures announces the winners in November and then features the winner on the…
Consider a Nature Vacation – By Lisa Franseen As I pack to leave for Lees Ferry from Flagstaff on the first morning of my nature vacation with Arizona Raft Adventures, I feel a twinge of angst as I throw my cell phone in the suitcase. When was the last time I was without this constant…
Thank you to Richard Lloyd for submitting, I Dream of the Canyon, a beautiful poem and this years Grand Prize Winner for Arizona Raft Adventures’ Poetry/Short Story Contest! I Dream of the Canyon Weathered Rock. Ancient people. The anticipation of another sunrise. Red Rock. Blue Sky. The whisper of a well-placed oar. I dream…
