Grand Canyon Raft Trips

Since my first trip in 1983 (a memorable trip with record high waters not seen for decades) I have been fascinated with raft trips through the Grand Canyon. Fred Cropp, now-retired Professor of Geology at The College of Wooster, started leading trips through the Canyon in the late 1970s, and we later formed a non-profit corporation called Environmental Experiences, Inc. to run the trips. EE has now led over 2,000 people on incredible trips, rafting the best white water in the Western Hemisphere and camping in some of the most incredible territory on the face of the earth. We travel every year, with Fred's son Tom Cropp and I alternating years as leaders.



We ride through the fastest white water in the Western Hemisphere.



We hike through spectacular side canyons, lush and green with warm, clear streams flowing into the Colorado.



We camp on warm sandy beaches located right along the side of the Colorado, soothed by the rush of the water over a nearby rapid.



Lunch is served wherever we happen to be around lunch time. Again, on a nice sandy beach. Ample, excellent food often causes over-eating!



A unique feature of Environmental Experiences trips is being accompanied by a Geologist who points out the geologic features of the Canyon, as well as commentary on Western water issues. This picture shows Abe Springer, Professor of Geology at Northern Arizona University and a graduate of The College of Wooster, who often serves as our Geologist.



Vasey's Paradise, named by John Wesley Powell, the first explorer of the Grand Canyon.



Redwall Cavern, carved by the Colorado out of the Canyon wall.



Favorite Daughter Meredith in the sand at Redwall Cavern, on a short break from Frisbee game.




Kids do the craziest things...............



Meredith and I at the source of Thunder River, where a loud rush of a subterranean spring shoots out of the Canyon Wall and feeds into Tapeats Creek. At the end of a long but wonderful hike.




Frequent sitings of wild life, include Big Horn Sheep seen here. We have seen Condors, a massive bird just recovering from the edge of extinction.



To learn more about our trips, go to: http://www.eecanyon.com/






As we like to say, hope to "See You Down the River".