Havasupai Falls!.

If you have never been to Havasupai Falls before, you HAVE to go. It is amazing. If you have been there before, I suggest you go again soon. It has changed SO much since the 2008 flood. It almost doesn't look like the same place. Anyways, our trip was amazing. On our drive in we saw the BIGGEST elk I have ever seen in my life. The last hour of the trip my eyes were dried out trying to look for deer before we hit them. We sure did get a workout hiking 30+ miles in 4 days, but it was so worth it and we took it easy the last day to get our bodies ready for the hike out. With all the times we have been down there, we had never been to Beaver Falls before so this time we went. We got lost on the way there and it took us aprox. 4 hours to get there. OH MY GOODNESS. By the time we got there all I wanted to do was lay in the shade and sleep (108` weather) There were some fun cliff jumps, but the highlight of the trip was probably the underwater cave. It only took us an hour to get back, guess we finally found the right trail!. Mooney Falls has a bunch of sand bags trying to re-build the fall over by the rope swing, but the 200ft waterfall and mist is still strong as ever. Havasupai Falls is about 1/2 the width it used to be & we didn't try to climb behind it because of all the people who have died lately in the underwater current, but there are some new fun cliff jumping places we found. Navajo Falls is gone, but there is a new fall that is GrEaT for cliff jumping. You can also go up behind the waterfall which I though was really fun. The last night there was insane. My dad got bit by a scorpion and then Marc and I found one on our tent. The scorpion stung my dad's middle finger, he screamed profanity that a spider bit him and we all scattered as he started sucking venom out. Then we found the scorpion, it had fallen into the bag. We found a guy who was a scorpion expert who gave us details on how to handle it. Then we drugged my dad with benadryl. When I saw the 2nd scorpion on our tent Marc was in it with me so my dad tried to catch it in a cup. Since he was drugged he was laughing & jumpy. He put the cup over it, the scorpion started jumping my dad jumped, dropped the cup & the scorpion ran free. Never found again. Freakin' idiot! :) My dad fell right asleep because of the benadryl, I however slept with a flashlight on my chest doing perimeter checks all night. Now my dad has a big blister on his finger now, but all in all he is fine. He will also try to say that is not what happened when he dropped the scorpion to try and save his man card, but 5 witnesses will testify that this is the true story. The hike out went REALLY quick I thought, but the switchbacks are always a challenge. I love the picture of Marc just laying on the ground at the top of the switchbacks. He was dead. Here are some pictures of our fun trip. Can't wait to go again soon!!