We woke to an early (3:20am) message from our friends in the canyon that they were feeling strong and were heading out! We were surprised and excited to hear their progress throughout the day, they did great! We had booked at kayaking trip and with their encouragement and the good progress they were already making, we decided that 4 of us would go ahead to Horseshoe Bend while 2 would stay behind to wait for the others to get out of the canyon.
We had planned for a 10 mile float but the high wind gusts continued and our boat captain suggested we only go 7 miles. The first few miles were still, gorgeous and easy, what was she thinking?? And then we turned a bend….suddenly we were forced to paddle hard and into the wind for many miles. She was right and we were glad we hadn’t added the extra 3 miles!
After our float we headed to our Airbnb in Page, AZ and were reunited with our whole group once again. We stayed in, soaked in the hot tub, made tacos and shared all our stories.