GRAND CANYON RAFT TRIP
May 29 to June 5, 2015
Event: See and explore the Grand Canyon from the Colorado River during an eight-day, fully outfitted event. Contemplate important questions about Creation and how the Earth was made. Enjoy fellowship of 27 other Christians who are also exploring God’s Creation.
Hosts: Dr. Steve Austin, Field Research Geologist, author of book Grand Canyon: Monument to Catastrophe, and leader of 23 raft trips through Grand Canyon. Dr. Robert Dean, Pastor of West Houston Bible Church, with academic specialization in Greek, Hebrew, theology, philosophy and history. Our hosting organization is called Creation Adventures and is online at http://CreationAdventures.com .
Dates: May 29-June 5, 2015. Departs Las Vegas on May 29 and returns to Las Vegas on June 5.
Schedule: On Friday, May 29, 2015, enjoy a relaxing and scenic motor coach ride from Las Vegas, NV to Marble Canyon, AZ. Experience an informative field trip with exploring the “Grand Staircase strata” and the Grand Canyon layers first in the Virgin River Gorge near St. George. Stay Friday night May 29 at Marble Canyon Lodge. On early Saturday morning May 30, our group launches two large motorized rafts from Lees Ferry on the Colorado River. Spend seven days and six nights within Grand Canyon and float a total of 187 miles on the Colorado River. See unique waterfalls, side streams, and old Indian villages. Explore special geologic features including the Redwall Limestone and its extraordinary nautiloid mass-kill fossil layer, the Great Unconformity, and the Bass Rapids diabase sill. Camp on scenic Grand Canyon beaches. On Friday, June 5, ride helicopter for 5 minutes from Whitmore Wash beach on the Colorado River to Bar 10 Ranch on the Canyon’s north rim. After lunch on June 5, fly by Vision Air back to Las Vegas. We call this trip “fully-outfitted for eight days” from Las Vegas back to Las Vegas. You bring personal items, but your camping and rafting gear are provided.
Raft Operations: Our two motorized rafts are operated by Grand Canyon Whitewater, a licensed concessionaire conducting raft adventures within Grand Canyon National Park. The wilderness camping experience is enhanced by excellent equipment and meals provided by Grand Canyon Whitewater. See the website with motorized raft operations at: http://www.grandcanyonwhitewater.com .
River map by Western River Expeditions
Payment: Cost of the fully-outfitted eight-day event from Las Vegas back to Las Vegas is $2995. Payment follows a schedule. A $500 deposit is due with initial reservation of your seat on the raft. An additional $1,500 is due by November 1, 2014. Final payment is due by December 31, 2014. Fees paid (except $500 deposit) are refundable up to 10 days before the launch, if the seat on the raft can be filled by a standby passenger.
Preregistration: You must contact Becky Gervais by phone (503-510-4157, Pacific Time zone) for details about the raft trip. See website http://www.CreationAdventures.com .
The “Grand Staircase” is the world’s classic display of rock strata and a window into the Earth’s history. Don’t just look at Grand Canyon rock strata, but see all of the world’s classic in the “Grand Staircase.” That’s why we need to drive through the landscape on the north side of Grand Canyon. It is beyond “extraordinary.” It is the world’s classic!
“Speak to the Earth and it will teach you,…
Who among all these does not know
That the hand of the Lord has done this?”
--Job 12:8,9
Contact Becky Gervais by phone (503-510-4157 in Pacific Time zone)