Supai Village Safety and our new beloved waterfall

Oh Havasu Falls.

Well, what a crazy deal. Hopefully by now you have all read about it in the news. It was on the front page of the Union (the Nevada City paper) as there were some locals on a river trip and hike. The floods came about from a dam breaking and from many relentless hours of hard rain over all the weekend. The campground is destroyed, as well as both bridges and the hike back to town. Someone said they woke up to that mist, you know the mist that was formerly only near Havasu Falls, like a shroud through the whole campground. A boy scout troop was trapped in trees at the lower campground for hours, clinging for dear life and praying alot- they were saved by a couple who roped nets together with carabiners and safely crossed each boy while they held on. I read that whole boulders, trees, and dead animals were rushing down Havasu Creek-turned-raging-river. 3 houses washed away from the village. The rains continued through all Saturday night, parts of Sunday and Monday. I think that ledge we sat on may be gone for good.

I looked up the weather for Supai and see that the rain is gone now and things hopefully will dry out quick. I thought it might be nice if we could send emails and/or letters (when and if they get the mail operating again) to some of the villagers and natives, sending them well wishes and letting them know how much our family treasured our beautiful experience there. They have got some negative feedback from a few hikers that were down there during the flood yet others said that the natives were of great help and saved people's lives, stringing rope together to help campers cross the river and holding on tight. I think they should be viewed as not only a great people but heroic and brave.

I can't wait to find out if Havasu will still be up and running next year. At least all the people are safe and the trash has been awashed clean away to some deeper place.