Grand Canyon Rafting 2008 specialty trips with Moki Mac River Expeditions

Destinations

2008 Specialty Trips
	Yampa and Green Rivers, Dory Odyssey We invite you to join the 4th annual dory trip on the Colorado River’s tributary system. This season, our friends have devised a most exceptional journey, floating the Wild and Scenic Yampa River to its confluence with the Green River, then continuing down through Whirlpool and Split Mountain Canyons, and finishing through Desolation and Gray Canyons. Participants have a choice to join either the full journey or a partial journey. May 15-30 The full journey consists of 15 days on the Green and Yampa rivers with an added full day (day 6) of off-river touring in Dinosaur National Monument and 2 nights at a hotel. A partial journey would include one of the following options: May 15-19 Upper River Portion - 5 days on the Yampa River and Green River; or May 21-30 Lower River Portion - 10 days on the Green River through Desolation and Gray Canyons. See our Dory Odyssey page for detailed information.
	University of Nevada at Las Vegas, Educational Outreach May 30 - June 6 Eight-day motorized Grand Canyon trip from Lees Ferry to Lake Mead. UNLV staff professors from the Geology Department accompany this trip and provide an enhanced level of interpretive topics. The trip is offered as a Las Vegas and return package, with a flight from Las Vegas to Lees Ferry the morning of the trip, and motorcoach transportation back to Las Vegas from Lake Mead at the end. Total cost is $2460.00 per person, including transportation and camping gear. Please contact Michelle Baker at UNLV (702) 895-3254, or via email at michelle.baker@unlv.edu, to make a reservation. More information is available at their website: https://cedwebserver.unlv.edu/wconnect/CourseStatus.awp?~~082TE1104
	Sedona Art Center Plein Air Artists May 6 - 14 Join noted artist and former Grand Canyon National Park Science Director, David Haskell on this eight-day "artists special" Grand Canyon motorized trip. Lees Ferry to Diamond Creek, with round trip transportation from Flagstaff, AZ. Experience the hidden waterfalls and paradisiacal side canyons as the morning sun casts its warm glow through towering canyon walls. This painting trip down the Grand Canyon has been custom designed especially for plein air artists. Camping locations are selected for an inspiring array of compositions with mid-day rafting hours taking you from one extraordinary painting site to the next. This trip is coordinated by professional artist, David Haskell, whose love of painting the canyon has been a lifelong passion. See his work at www.dhaskellart.com. The total cost is $2700.00 per person. Please contact Sedona Arts Center for information or to make a reservation; phone (928) 282-3809, or (888) 954-4442, or email Sedona Arts Center at workshops@sedonaartscenter.com. More information, a printable flyer and registration form are all available at their website: http://www.sedonaartscenter.com/visitingartistworkshops/theartists/DavidHaskell-GrandCanyon.htm. This trip is limited to 12 participants.
	National Center for Science Education Grand Canyon: Creation vs. Evolution July 30 - August 6 Eight-day motorized Grand Canyon trip from Lees Ferry to Diamond Creek. Twenty four guests will raft the full length of the canyon from Marble Canyon to South Cove, Lake Mead, experiencing one of the most beautiful and majestic natural features on the planet. Of course, as Eugenie Scott, NCSE's executive director, will inform the rafters, the whole Colorado plateau was laid down by the receding waters of Noah's Flood, and Grand Canyon itself was cut catastrophically in a matter of days. Geologist Alan "Gish" Gishlick, Gustavas Adolphus College, will present the contracting scientific geological history of Grand Canyon to the rafters -- and you can make up your own mind. NCSE's "Creation/Evolution Grand Canyon Raft Trip" is a wonderful way to learn about the creationism/evolution controversy in a fabulous natural setting. For more information, or to make your reservation in for the 2008 trip, email Nina Hollenberg at hollenberg@ncseweb.org, or call her at 510-601-7203.
	Grand Canyon Kayaking July 31 - August 13 (Full Canyon 14 day Option Only) Kayak the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, with full raft support and kayak guides Larry Vermeeren and Don Beveridge. This trip is intended for paddlers who have intermediate to advanced skills. Larry is one of the pre-eminant kayaking instructors in the paddling world, owns Small World Adventures in Ecuador, and has guided for Moki Mac for a number of years. Contact Larry by email at info@smallworldadventures.com, for more information about this trip, or see his website at http://www.smallworldadventures.com/grand_canyon_rafting.html