FINAL
ITINERARY
When:
Beginning: Gather at Rover parking
lot 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, May 30, 2007 Sharp!
Ending: Arrive Tempe (back home)
approximately 2:00 to 5:00 P.M. Saturday, June 2, 2007.
Where:
Supai Indian Reservation, Arizona,
near the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
Why:
Swim in the travertine lined,
bluish-green pools or water, and be amazed at the beauty of the Havasu, Mooney,
and Navajo waterfalls, up close and personal! People around the world have
dreamed of what you will experience first-hand. This backpacking trip has been
a favorite of Troop 474 for decades. Once you have made this trip, you will
want to return time and time again.
Itinerary
Timeline:
Wednesday:
2:00 P.M. Meet Rover parking lot -
BE READY - BE ON TIME. (Gas up & potty beforehand)
2:30 P.M Depart parking lot for
Hualapai parking lot.
5:30 P.M. Arrive Seligman, eat
dinner (bring money) and gas up. Last chance for gas and
store. (possible
dinner spot “Roadkill Café”) 1 hour allocated for dinner and gas
8:15 P.M. Arrive Hualapai Hilltop –
Pit toilet is the only facility! (No Water here!)
10:30 P.M. Lights Out (You will need
your rest!)
Thursday:
4:30 A.M. Reveille, eat a real fast
dry breakfast. (If you are slow, get up at 4:00)
5:30 A.M. Step off for Supai
(Village) (Sunrise = 5:15)
7:30 to 9:00 A.M. Arrive Supai
village, then on to the campground (2 more miles)
9:00 to 11:00 A.M. Arrive
Campground, pickup reservation tag, find a campsite & setup camp.
Remainder of Day: Enjoy water,
explore, have fun.
Note:
You are there to have fun, but must strictly Buddy
system and adult supervision rules! adhere to
10:00 P.M. Lights out (as if you
will make it that long!)
Friday: Open day to have fun!
Note:
You are there to have fun, but must strictly adhere
to Buddy system and adult supervision rules!
8:30 P.M. Lights out (get some
sleep, you will need it)
Saturday:
2:30 A.M. Reveille – get up, pack
up, very quick breakfast, or eat on the trail!
3:30 A.M. Step off for Hualapai
Hilltop.
7:30 to 10:00 A.M. Arrive Hualapai
Hilltop
8:00 to 10:30 A.M. Head for home
(take your time, switch drivers frequently, or take rests!)
Basic
driving directions: Rover
to Hualapai Hilltop is about 274 miles. Leaving Rover, take the
Superstition East to the 101 North.
Stay on the 101 until you can exit I-17 North. Exit at Cordes Junction and head
toward Prescott (AZ-69). In Prescott Valley, watch for and turn right at
Castleview Drive. About three miles, you will turn left onto AZ-89alt. About
four miles, turn right on AZ-89 going North. Chino Valley is about another ten
miles. Straight North on AZ-89 about another thirty-five miles, you will head
West on I-40. About twenty-three miles West, take exit 123 at Seligman. This
hooks you up on old Route 66. Take 66 for about thirty miles, watch closely for
the right turn to Supai about 6 miles after you pass by Grand Canyon Caverns. Take
the right turn toward Supai, you have another sixty miles to Hualapai Hilltop. There
are usually deer and elk crossing the road after dark, and rumors that Reservation
Police have begun to patrol the road. BE CAREFUL!
Any questions call .. Loran Gersztyn
Home 480-838-1281 Cell 480-510-2620 or e-mail lorang@mindspring.com