Nate presented each of us with a pin showing that because we had completed the trip we were designated Royal River Rats.
On the last morning all of us were giving a thumbs up for the trip.
About an hour downstream that morning we pulled up to a beach and carried our duffel up to a helicopter pad on the Havasupai Reservation. The park service would not allow choppers into the canyon to land on a pad under its jurisdiction.
The chopper is landing for one of its 6 trips to take us and our duffel out of the canyon to the Bar 10 Ranch on the north rim.
This is from the chopper flying up a lava-encrusted canyon to reach the ranch.
The wives of Jerry and Mike, with another lady, drove up to the Bar 10 in this Suzuki to greet the Royal River Rats and stay the night. The rest of us took a much-needed shower, had another sandwich for lunch,and were flown back to Page or Las Vegas in a 20 passenger turboprop plane.
Members of the group at Bar 10 waiting for air transportation. It sure was nice to get back to green grass, taller trees and clean clothes!
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