Will it ever be the same?

On August 16 2008 floods blasted through Havasu canyon and ravaged this and many other iconic backcountry spectacles. Unfortunately it now lies dried up and denuded.

While I have only been once it is one of those special places you never forget. With the area being closed off for at least the next six months it will be difficult to manage a trip any time soon. Even when the area reopens the devastation will be dramatic and a new area will surely take form hopefully more beautiful and unique than the original.

Recent visitors have surely noted that the popularity of the falls had gotten so out of control, that the village of Supai was little more than a drug infested trash heap.

With this years floods perhaps this area has been cleansed and will get back to nature and we will once again get to enjoy the simple beauty of the land…all in due time.