| Show AI p IVY Y THE FOOT BRIDGE across the Colorado at Phantom the Ranch-the only walk walkout walk out place in n the Grand Can Can- yon Pseudo river trip follows the for real one Wally Perry foreman for Hatch Grand Canyon River Expeditions and his wife Marsha recently completed a river trip down the Colorado from Lees Lee's Ferry to Diamond Creek Canyon They traversed what are considered to be the most perilous rapids in the Grand Canyon if not America including Lava Falls This stretch of white water drops 37 feet Ceet over a series of oC rock stairs ending in what call calla a hole at each step It is here the inept boatman boatman boatman boat boat- man meets disaster The bow of oC the craft is thrown straight in the air emptying ev everything aboard Hatch according to Mr Perry have j med how to take these steps with ith a maximum of safety TIlE HIE LEAD LEA boatman makes the decision whether or not passengers will hit or miss this hazardous stretch a decision based on volume of water time involved and other determining factors If the decision is no passengers helicopter out just above Lava either back to Lees Lee's Ferry or Las Vegas It is miles through the rapids to the end of the trip at Diamond Creek Upon returning home Marsha was vividly describing the fantastic scenery and the excitement of the journey to a group of friends who expressed their great desire to take a river trip and their plans todo to todo todo do so the coming summer So Marsha with the help of hostess co-hostess Sherry Hacking Hackin decided to throw a surprise party Invited guests Joyce Robbins Lana McCarrell Polly Howard and Rae Clark stepped into the boat behind the fireplace on the patio of Marsha's Marsha's Marsha's Mar Mar- sha's parents Morris and Millie Haws laws Marsha had made T. T Te Ted Hatch y to to t authentic authentic- black blackf IJ bottomed U m d cooking gear us ar-us used d on on the trips and furnished her own authenticity by sprinkling sand sandon on the oilcloth table covering Instead of expected hamburgers hamburgers hamburgers ham ham- burgers the gals were served apple hot hotcake cakes with smoked ham and wild berry syrup Now laughed Marsha who also told them what to bring and how to dress on a for real trip Ill I'll show you what you ou can expect to see and she showed shO colored slides of scenery spectacular |
