Below the Rim

Our biggest adventure was taking a helicopter down to the Havasupai Indian Reservation on the bottom of the canyon and hiking to Havasu and Mooney Falls. We were several thousand feet below the rim of the Grand Canyon and the views were spectacular. We landed in Supai which is only accessible by an eight mile hike through the desert, riding a mule or taking a helicopter. Once we landed it was another 2 miles down to Havasu Falls. This is a picture of the first view we had of the falls.

This is a picture once we reached the bottom.

Mom rode a horse down to Havasu Falls while Bev and I hiked the two miles. This a picture when we met up a the bottom.

Mooney Falls was another mile past Havasu Falls and to get to it required going through 2 caves and some narrow cliffs. Needless to say Mom didn't like the heights and Bev didn't feel like crawling through the caves. Here is a picture of the 1st cave.

This is a picture of Mooney Falls from the bottom of the 1st cave. Notice the chains bolted into the cliff. I gets quite steep and those are needed to navigate your way but it was worth it for the view.

Mooney Falls is taller than Niagra Falls. More pictures later about our below the rim adventures or you can look at the Havasu Canyon pictures on my photo parade website at http://just4fun21.photoparade.com/