Havasupai

This past weekend was a trip we have been waiting for! 

 A couple of months ago, Mike's brother's planned a trip to go to Havasupai, and it has been all Mike can talk about!

This past weekend, we finally got to go!

After a long car ride, we were ready to make our way down!

We spent Alex's birthday down in Havasupai!

I hope he had a good one!

Coming up on the Village! 

It was definitely a welcoming sight after at least an 8 mile hike!

The beautiful rock of the Grand Canyon!

This was the first Waterfall we came up on.

I'm not very good at remembering what all the names are,

but look how blue that water is! 

We were so excited!

Mike's first jump of the trip! We figure this jump was about 30 or 40 feet.

Although it took a while at first, most the girls did this jump too!

My first jump!

It took only 20 minutes of thinking about it!

Note to jumpers: DON'T THINK! JUST JUMP!

After my first cliff jumping ever!

I was so scared!

So many beautiful sights down there! 

Most of our group jumped off of this waterfall!

After making the scary decent down to Mooney falls!

You grab chains, and climb unstable ladders, and slippery rocks!

It's pretty steep!

At some parts, you actually climbed down in the rock,

like a cave!

The Bottom of Mooney falls!

This might be Beaver Falls, but i'm not entirely sure.

At Beaver though, there is this cool place to jump off! Technically, you aren't supposed to jump off waterfalls, but the ranger who talked to us ended up giving us rope to help us make the climb back up! He was pretty chill!

The jump was probably 55 feet from the higher ledge and 40 from the lower.

Most the girls jumped from the lower, and boys from the higher!
Only Jaimie Riding and Kristen Lee were the
girls were brave enough to jump from the higher ledge!

Hiking back from Beaver! There is a random Palm Tree in the middle of the Grand Canyon! It was the only one we saw down there the entire time! 

This spot was my favorite. You could easily go behind the falls, and although there was no place to jump, it was so gorgeous! We swam around in this spot for quite some time!

Couldn't get over how pretty it was there!

This was my first real backpacking trip, and although my feet are blistered and my body hurts worse then ever before, it was such an amazing time!

We're so grateful for the time we were able to spend there with friends and family! 

Can't wait to see what next year's backpacking trip brings!

Thanks for reading!

The Ridings