Havasupai - Scout Camp - Getting There

For our Scout activity this year we planned to go the Havasupai Reservation to behold the wonderful beauty of the Havasupai's land. We traveled from Lindon, UT to a camping ground that was not too far from the Havasupai trailhead. For those that don't know the Havasupai Reservation in in Northern Arizona and is quite a distance for us to travel. In order to get there we went down I-15 in Utah, through Las Vegas, Nevada and then across the Northern part of Arizona.

There are no camping facilities at the trailhead so we camped at a place called Grand Canyon Caverns & Inn. Which was about an hour's drive from the trailhead. Here's a map that shows where it is. Our camping party included 25 people. We took three SUV's and a small group traveled in a car with us.

The Grand Canyon Cavern's & Inn had all the amenities we required: dirt to sleep on, a restroom with running water, showers, a pool and lots of open space. The boys got into a great two-hand tag football game the first night, so Jim and I went to the camp pool. While we were swimming Nighthawks came within inches of us while they were hunting for their evening meal in the dark.

You could tell it was a Nighthawk because of the white marks on the tips of its wings. My bird nerd neighbor would have loved to have seen the pair we saw that night.

On the way to Havasupai we had to cross the Hoover dam. Above is a picture of the three amigos, Sam, Josh and Ethan. Then there's a picture of the Hoover dam. I'm sorry but my sense of humor hit me when we were at the Hoover dam, all I could think of was "Vegas Vacation" and the following lines...

Hoover Dam Guide: I am your dam guide, Arnie, please don't wander off the dam tour and please take all the dam pictures you want. Now are there any dam questions?
Cousin Eddie: Yeah, where can I get some dam bait?


In this first picture we have the camp brain trust of Jim, Lane and Ben we had stopped for some gas and they were discussing where we were going to spend the night. Side note - Doesn't Jim remind you of Charlton Heston?! In the second picture we have made camp at the Grand Canyon Cavern's & Inn and are eating refried bean tacos. This meal helped propel the scouts on their long hike the next day.